Unchanged H-reflex during a sustained isometric submaximal plantar flexion performed with an EMG biofeedback

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Place, Nicolas ^a,b   Duclay, Julien ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^a   Martin, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activation pattern; Fatigue; Spinal reflex plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 70350571750     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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