Effect of Rhythmic Arm Movement on Reflexes in the Legs: Modulation of Soleus H-Reflexes and Somatosensory Conditioning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1516-1523

  Frigon, Alain ^a   Collins, David F ^b   Zehr, E Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RUNNING; SHOULDER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; REFLEX; SHOULDER; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 1542510769     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00695.2003     Document Type: Article

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