Enhanced stretch reflex excitability in the soleus muscle during passive standing posture in humans

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-412

  Shimba, Sachio ^a   Kawashima, Noritaka ^b,c,d   Ohta, Yuji ^e   Yamamoto, Shin Ichiroh ^a   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^b  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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

^e OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

H reflex; Posture; Stretch reflex; Task dependent modulation; Upright standing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STANDING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 77951092651     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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