Redetermination of the optimal stimulation intensity modifies resting H-reflex recovery after a sustained moderate-intensity muscle contraction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 642-650

  Rupp, Thomas ^a   Girard, Olivier ^a,b   Perrey, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

motoneuron excitability; Central fatigue; Hmax M max; Spinal facilitation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 77951285185     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21512     Document Type: Article

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