Effect of voluntary contraction with electrical stimulation antagonist muscle on agonist H-reflex

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 251-255

  Yamaguchi, Tomofumi ^a   Tanabe, S ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Muraoka, Y ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; H reflex; Resistance exercise; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 34547114016     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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