Effect of voluntary contraction intensity on the H-reflex and V-wave responses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-374

  Pensini, M ^a,b   Martin, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; H reflex; Motoneuron excitability; V wave; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 4444369114     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.06.037     Document Type: Article

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