Co-contraction modifies the stretch reflex elicited in muscles shortened by a joint perturbation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Lewis, Gwyn N ^f   MacKinnon, Colum D ^a,b   Trumbower, Randy ^c,d   Perreault, Eric J ^b,c,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Co contraction; Shortening reaction; Stretch reflex; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRETCHING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 78149358510     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2426-9     Document Type: Article

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