Galvanic vestibular stimulation alters the onset of motor unit discharge

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Kennedy, Paul M ^a   Cresswell, Andrew G ^b   Chua, Romeo ^a   Inglis, J Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Gastrocnemius; Human; Single motor unit; Vestibulospinal pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 3242791691     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20074     Document Type: Article

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