Effect of Different Joint Angle on Stretch Reflex Sensitivity in Lower Leg Muscles

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1483-1486

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Kumagai, T ^a   Obata, H ^a   Koyama, H ^a   Komeda, T ^a   Nakazawa, K ^b  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Long latency stretch reflex; Muscle fiber length; Short latency stretch reflex; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

LONG-LATENCY STRETCH REFLEX; MUSCLE FIBER LENGTH; SHORT-LATENCY STRETCH REFLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542331693     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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