Effects of bilateral Achilles tendon vibration on postural orientation and balance during standing

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2456-2467

  Thompson, Cynthia ^a,b   Bélanger, Marc ^c   Fung, Joyce ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Muscle spindles; Post effect; Posture; Proprioception; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; VIBRATION;

EID: 35148866199     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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