Inhibitory effects of circumferential pressure on flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in adults with neurological deficits

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Agostinucci, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLINT; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPLINTS; STROKE;

EID: 77951887828     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.110.1.89-103     Document Type: Article

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