Age-related influence of vision and proprioception on Ia presynaptic inhibition in soleus muscle during upright stance

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5541-5554

  Baudry, Stéphane ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868117561     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.228932     Document Type: Article

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