A novel approach using tendon vibration of the human flexor carpi radial is muscle to study spinal reflexes

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5089-5092

  Tsang, Kenneth ^a   De Bruin, Hubert ^a   Archambeault, Mark ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b L 3 WESCAM ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

BACKGROUND NOISE; ELECTRICAL STIMULUS; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; LABVIEW; LOW AMPLITUDES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PC-BASED; PHASE-COHERENT; SUB THRESHOLDS; TEST RESULTS; TRANSVERSE VIBRATIONS; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; WAVE RESPONSE; WAVE TRAINS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION; TENDON; VIBRATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84903877796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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