Increased H-reflex excitability is not accompanied by changes in neural drive following 24 days of unilateral lower limb suspension

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 749-755

  Seynnes, Olivier R ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b   Horstman, Astrid M ^c   Narici, Marco V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation capacity; H reflex; ULLS; Unloading; V wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149342430     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21228     Document Type: Article

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