Test-retest reliability of the soleus H-reflex is affected by joint positions and muscle force levels

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 980-987

  Chen, Yung Sheng ^a   Zhou, Shi ^a   Cartwright, Colleen ^a   Crowley, Zachary ^a   Baglin, Robert ^a   Wang, Fang ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ankle joint position; H reflex; Test retest reliability; Voluntary muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955176568     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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