Cortical and spinal control of ankle joint muscles before and during gait initiation

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Hiraoka, Koichi ^a   Abe, Kazuo ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait initiation; H reflex; Motor evoked potential; Soleus muscle; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GAIT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34648826615     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170701550615     Document Type: Article

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