High frequency tendon reflexes in the human soleus muscle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-196

  Fornari, Maria Carolina dos Santos ^a   Kohn, André Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Percussion; Reflex; Tendon tap; Vibration; Vibration burst

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 45449114132     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.075     Document Type: Article

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