Influences of experimental factors on spinal stretch reflex latency and amplitude in the human triceps surae

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Blackburn, J Troy ^a   Mynark, Richard G ^b   Padua, Darin A ^b   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Automatic gain; Perturbation amplitude; Perturbation velocity; Spinal stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 29144507394     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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