Evidence for reduced efficacy of the Ia-pathway during shortening plantar flexions with increasing effort

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 699-707

  Oya, T ^a   Cresswell, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent; Concentric; EMG; Hoffmann reflex; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TORQUE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 43149124423     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1198-3     Document Type: Article

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