Modulation of soleus H-reflex by presynaptic spinal mechanisms during varying surface and ankle brace conditions

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Sefton, J M ^a   Hicks Little, C A ^a   Koceja, D M ^c   Cordova, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c Program in Neural Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle injury; Ankle instability; H reflex; Paired reflex depression; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED REFLEX DEPRESSION; PARAMETER; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; ANKLE; BRACES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34047136249     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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