Influence of vestibular afferent input on common modulation of human soleus motor units during standing

Motor Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 466-479

  Monsour, Marc ^a   Ivanova, Tanya D ^a   Wilson, Tim D ^a   Garland, S Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common drive; Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Human; Motor unit; Muscle; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARANY TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROMODULATION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; VESTIBULE;

EID: 84869993397     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.16.4.466     Document Type: Article

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