Evidence for a supraspinal contribution to the human quadriceps long-latency stretch reflex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-540

  Mrachacz Kersting, N ^a   Grey, M J ^a   Sinkjaer T ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cortical contribution; Human; Quadriceps muscle; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; KNEE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 30644464067     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0120-0     Document Type: Article

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