Prolonged muscle vibration increases stretch reflex amplitude, motor unit discharge rate, and force fluctuations in a hand muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1835-1842

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a   Moritz, Chet T ^a   Pascoe, Michael A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

First dorsal interosseus muscle; Ia afferents; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT DISCHARGE RATE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRETCH REFLEX AMPLITUDE; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX, STRETCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 27544476838     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00312.2005     Document Type: Article

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