Reproducibility of tendon jerk reflexes during a voluntary contraction
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, vol.110, no.8, pp.1481-1487, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 110 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 1999
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s1388-2457(99)00082-6
- Journal Name: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1481-1487
- Keywords: tendon jerk, H reflex, voluntary contraction, reproducibility, HEALTHY-SUBJECTS, H-REFLEX, MUSCLE, HUMANS
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Objectives: The present study explored whether testing tendon jerks during voluntary contraction of the test muscle would improve reproducibility by effectively 'clamping' the excitability of the motoneurone pool at firing threshold.