Lack of on-going adaptations in the soleus muscle activity during walking in patients affected by large-fiber neuropathy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3075-3085

  Mazzaro, Nazarena ^a,e   Grey, Michael J ^a   Sinkjær, Thomas ^a   Andersen, Jacob Buus ^a   Pareyson, Davide ^b   Schieppati, Marco ^c,d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TOE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; WALKING;

EID: 19344365070     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01071.2004     Document Type: Article

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