Interlimb coupling from the arms to legs is differentially specified for populations of motor units comprising the compound H-reflex during "reduced" human locomotion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-168

  Mezzarane, Rinaldo A ^a   Klimstra, Marc ^a   Lewis, Allen ^a   Hundza, Sandra R ^a,b   Zehr, E Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

CPG; H reflex; Rhythmic movement; Spinal cord; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETRY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951490895     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2467-0     Document Type: Article

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