Plantarflexor stretch training increases reciprocal inhibition measured during voluntary dorsiflexion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Blazevich, A J ^a,c   Kay, A D ^b   Waugh, C ^c   Fath, F ^c   Miller, S ^c,d   Cannavan, D ^e  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Skeletal muscle; Soleus; Static stretch; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; DORSIFLEXION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARFLEXOR STRETCH TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; VOLITION;

EID: 84255167298     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00407.2011     Document Type: Article

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