Reproducibility of tendon jerk reflexes during a voluntary contraction

UYSAL H., Mogyoros N., Burke D.

CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, cilt.110, sa.8, ss.1481-1487, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 110 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s1388-2457(99)00082-6
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1481-1487
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: tendon jerk, H reflex, voluntary contraction, reproducibility, HEALTHY-SUBJECTS, H-REFLEX, MUSCLE, HUMANS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.