Differential effects of plantar cutaneous afferent excitation on soleus stretch and H-reflex

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 761-769

  Sayenko, Dimitry G ^a   Vette, Albert H ^b   Obata, Hiroki ^c   Alekhina, Maria I ^c   Akai, Masami ^c   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motoneuron excitability; Plantar cutaneous afferents; Sensorimotor integration; Soleus H reflex; Soleus stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HEEL; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MOTONEURON; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049169008     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21254     Document Type: Article

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