Increased central facilitation of antagonist reciprocal inhibition at the onset of dorsiflexion following explosive strength training

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 915-922

  Geertsen, Svend S ^a   Lundbye Jensen, Jesper ^a   Nielsen, Jens B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agonist antagonist coordination; Motor control; Rate of torque development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DISYNAPTIC RECIPROCAL INHIBITION; DORSIFLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH TRAINING; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TORQUE; TRAINING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERTION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERONEAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 53049109214     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01155.2007     Document Type: Article

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