The influence of perturbation duration and velocity on the long-latency response to stretch in the biceps muscle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-369

  Lewis, Gwyn N ^a   Perreault, Eric J ^a,b,c   MacKinnon, Colum D ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ia afferent; Stretch reflex; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 23844462165     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2182-9     Document Type: Article

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