Stretch sensitive reflexes as an adaptive mechanism for maintaining limb stability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1680-1689

  Shemmell, Jonathan ^a,b   Krutky, Matthew A ^c   Perreault, Eric J ^a,c,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Impedance; Long latency; Stiffness; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 77956181281     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.02.166     Document Type: Review

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