Challenging presumptions: Is reciprocal inhibition truly reciprocal? A study of reciprocal inhibition between knee extensors and flexors in humans

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-393

  Hamm, Karen ^a   Alexander, Caroline M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H reflex; Hamstrings; Quadriceps; Reciprocal inhibition

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMORAL NERVE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; KNEE; LATENT INHIBITION; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCIATIC NERVE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953812707     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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