Soleus H-reflex modulation during body weight support treadmill walking in spinal cord intact and injured subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-407

  Knikou, Maria ^a,b,c   Angeli, Claudia A ^d,e   Ferreira, Christie K ^d,e   Harkema, Susan J ^d,e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted stepping; Body support; H reflex; Human walking; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIBIAL NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 62949222451     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1636-x     Document Type: Article

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