The effect of the ankle joint angle in the level of soleus Ia afferent presynaptic inhibition

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 503-511

  Patikas, D A ^a   Kotzamanidis, C ^a   Robertson, C T ^b   Koceja, David M ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Muscle length; Presynaptic inhibition; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; POSTURE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 11044234988     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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