Soleus- and gastrocnemii-evoked V-wave responses increase after neuromuscular electrical stimulation training

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3328-3335

  Gondin, Julien ^a,b   Duclay, Julien ^a   Martin, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPIKE WAVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33744909073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01002.2005     Document Type: Article

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