Conditioning Ia-afferent stimulation reduces the soleus Hoffman reflex in humans when muscle spindles are assumed to be inactive

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-253

  Nordlund, M M ^a,b   Thorstensson, A ^a,b   Cresswell, A G ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric; Eccentric; Electromyography; Motoneurone; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 3543072384     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.05.044     Document Type: Article

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