Vastus medialis H-reflex reliability during standing

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Alrowayeh, Hesham N ^a,b   Sabbahi, Mohamed A ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

H reflex; Standing; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646825668     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnp.0000193632.75002.d3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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