Diurnal changes in the amplitude of the Hoffmann reflex in the human soleus but not in the flexor carpi radialis muscle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Lagerquist, Olle ^a   Zehr, E Paul ^b,c   Baldwin, Evan R L ^a   Klakowicz, Piotr M ^a   Collins, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Hoffmann reflex; Human; Isometric contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; WRIST;

EID: 33644840655     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0172-1     Document Type: Article

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