Short-term effects of functional electrical stimulation on spinal excitatory and inhibitory reflexes in ankle extensor and flexor muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-226

  Thompson, Aiko K ^a,b   Doran, Brian ^a   Stein, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; H reflex; Presynaptic inhibition; Reciprocal inhibition; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERONEAL NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645111895     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0203-y     Document Type: Article

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