Soleus muscle length, stretch reflex excitability, and the contractile properties of muscle in children and adults: A study of the functional joint angle

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 469-480

  Lin, Jean Pierre ^a   Keith Brown, J ^c   Geoffrey Walsh, E ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 1842414218     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07467.x     Document Type: Article

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