Effect of quadriceps contraction on upper limb position sense errors in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-516

  Yasuda, Tomohiro ^a   Izumizaki, Masahiko ^a   Ishihara, Yohei ^a   Sekihara, Chikara ^a   Atsumi, Takashi ^b   Homma, Ikuo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hold short conditioning; Intrafusal muscle; Jendrassik manoeuvre; Thixotropy; Tonic vibration reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON REFLEX; THIXOTROPY; VIBRATION;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFLEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 33645735300     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0102-8     Document Type: Article

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