Spinal reciprocal inhibition in human locomotion

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1969-1977

  Kido, Aiko ^a   Tanaka, Naofumi ^b   Stein, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonist muscle nerve stimulation; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERONEAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

EID: 2342446638     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01060.2003     Document Type: Review

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