Reliability of the soleus H-reflex from supine to standing in young and elderly

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1400-1404

  Mynark, Richard G ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; H reflex; Motor control; Reflex modulation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 20544467645     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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