Modulation of recurrent inhibition from knee extensors to ankle motoneurones during human walking

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5931-5946

  Lamy, Jean Charles ^a,b   Iglesias, Caroline ^a,b   Lackmy, Alexandra ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^c   Katz, Rose ^a,b   Marchand pauvert, Véronique ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; GAIT; KNEE; TREADMILL;

ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMORAL NERVE; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649234936     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.160630     Document Type: Article

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