Acute effects of whole body vibration during passive standing on soleus H-reflex in subjects with and without spinal cord injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Sayenko, Dimitry G ^a   Masani, Kei ^a   Alizadeh Meghrazi, Milad ^a,b   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b   Craven, B Catharine ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motoneuronal excitability; Neuromuscular plasticity; Soleus H reflex; Spinal cord injuries; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 77955552924     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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