Flexor reflex responses triggered by imposed knee extension in chronic human spinal cord injury

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 566-576

  Wu, Ming ^a,b   Hornby, T George ^a,b,c   Kahn, Jennifer H ^a   Schmit, Brian D ^a,b,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor reflex; Knee extension; Spinal cord injury; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR REFLEX; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPASM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE;

EID: 30644480162     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0113-z     Document Type: Article

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