Load rather than length sensitive feedback contributes to soleus muscle activity during human treadmill walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2747-2756

  Af Klint, Richard ^a   Mazzaro, Nazarena ^a   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^b   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a,c   Grey, Michael J ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOADING TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CLONIDINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953016332     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00547.2009     Document Type: Article

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