Stretch reflexes in human abdominal muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 206-213

  Beith, I D ^a   Harrison, P J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Postural control; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFLEX, STRETCH; TOUCH;

EID: 11144303594     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1948-4     Document Type: Article

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