Intersession Reliability of Hoffmann Reflex Gain and Presynaptic Inhibition in the Human Soleus Muscle

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2131-2134

  Hayes, Bradley T ^a   Hicks Little, Charlie A ^a   Harter, Rod A ^b   Widrick, Jeffrey J ^c   Hoffman, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Lower extremity; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; RELIABILITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL REFLEX;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 71049147219     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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