Short- and long-latency contributions to reciprocal inhibition during various levels of muscle contraction of individuals with cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Leonard, Charles T ^a   Sandholdt, Daniel Y ^a   McMillan, James A ^b   Queen, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745180546     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00068     Document Type: Article

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