Effects of contraction intensity on muscle fascicle and stretch reflex behavior in the human triceps surae

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 226-232

  Cronin, Neil J ^a,c   Peltonen, Jussi ^b   Ishikawa, Masaki ^b   Komi, Paavo V ^b   Avela, Janne ^b   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a   Voigt, Michael ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Muscle spindle; Short latency reflex; Stretch distribution; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; INNERVATION; LEG; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 50649095509     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90432.2008     Document Type: Article

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