Age-related changes of the stretch reflex excitability in human ankle muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Obata, Hiroki ^a,b   Kawashima, Noritaka ^b,c   Akai, Masami ^b   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^b   Ohtsuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a Sports Science Laboratory   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Soleus muscle; Stretch reflex; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 71349088336     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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