Influence of muscle contraction and intensity of stimulation on the cutaneous silent period

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-328

  Rodi, Zoran ^a   Springer, Christiaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous silent period; Inhibition reflex; Spinal reflex; Stimulus intensity; Thin nerve fibers; Voluntary muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79951907929     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21868     Document Type: Article

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