Quadriceps H-reflex modulation during pedaling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-208

  Larsen, Birgit ^a,b   Voigt, Michael ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745763432     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00149.2005     Document Type: Article

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