Effect of inversion and ankle bracing on peroneus longus Hoffmann reflex

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-546

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

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ankle injury; Functional testing; H reflex; Inversion perturbation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURIES; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35148816152     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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