Increased antagonist muscle activity in cervical SCI patients suggests altered reciprocal inhibition during elbow contractions

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 629-634

  Cremoux, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Amarantini, David ^b,d   Tallet, Jessica ^b   Dal Maso, Fabien ^e   Berton, Eric ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agonist and antagonist muscles; Elbow flexors and extensors; Electromyography; Force level; Isometric contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE;

EID: 84928173656     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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