Location specificity of plantar cutaneous reflexes involving lower limb muscles in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 514-525

  Nakajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Masanori ^b   Tazoe, Toshiki ^b   Endoh, Takashi ^c   Komiyama, Tomoyoshi ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous reflexes; Location specificity; Lower limb; Plantar foot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SITTING; SKIN NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REFLEX; SKIN; TIBIAL NERVE; TOES; TOUCH;

EID: 33750301142     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0568-6     Document Type: Article

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