Modulation of the soleus H-reflex following galvanic vestibular stimulation and cutaneous stimulation in prone human subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Lowrey, Catherine R ^a   Bent, Leah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; H reflex; Human; Posture; Sensory interaction; Summation; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SKIN; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 67749133777     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21275     Document Type: Article

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