Parallel facilitatory reflex pathways from the foot and hip to flexors and extensors in the injured human spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-158

  Knikou, Maria ^a,b,d   Kay, Elizabeth ^a   Schmit, Brian D ^a,b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion reflex; H reflex; Locomotion; Reflex circuits; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; H-REFLEX; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 34250635930     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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