Interactions with compliant loads alter stretch reflex gains but not intermuscular coordination

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2101-2113

  Perreault, Eric J ^a,b,c   Chen, Kuifu ^d   Trumbower, Randy D ^c   Lewis, Gwyn ^b,c,e  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INNERVATION; JOINT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; ROBOTICS;

EID: 47549111169     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01094.2007     Document Type: Article

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