Reflex reciprocal facilitation of antagonist muscles in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Xia, R ^a,b,c   Rymer, W Z ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist muscle; Human; Reciprocal facilitation; Reciprocal inhibition; Spinal cord injury; Tendon tap

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECIPROCAL FACILITATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENDON REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PARALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 12244291009     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101656     Document Type: Article

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