Suppression of soleus H-reflex amplitude is graded with frequency of rhythmic arm cycling

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Hundza, Sandra R ^a   Zehr, E Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Cycling frequency; EMG; H reflex; Rhythmic arm cycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; TIBIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849099581     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1625-0     Document Type: Article

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