Modulation of cutaneous reflexes in human upper limb muscles during arm cycling is independent of activity in the contralateral arm

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-144

  Carroll, Timothy J ^a   Zehr, E Paul ^b,c   Collins, David F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Intl Collaboration Repair D   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm cycling; Bilateral movement; Central pattern generator; CPG; Cutaneous reflexes; Reflex modulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN FUNCTION;

ADULT; ARM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; SKIN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 14644411734     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2050-7     Document Type: Article

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