Gain modulation of the middle latency cutaneous reflex in patients with chronic joint instability after ankle sprain

• Published in: Clinical neurophysiology Vol. 124; no. 7; pp. 1406 - 1413
• Main Authors: Futatsubashi, Genki, Sasada, Shusaku, Tazoe, Toshiki, Komiyama, Tomoyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Ankle - physiopathology; Chronic ankle instability; Cutaneous reflexes; Electric Stimulation; Electromyography; Female; Functional Laterality; Humans; Joint Instability - etiology; Male; Middle latency response; Neurology; Reaction Time - physiology; Reflex - physiology; Regression Analysis; Skin - innervation; Sprains and Strains - complications; Sprains and Strains - pathology; Young Adult; Middle latency response; Chronic ankle instability; Cutaneous reflexes

•We investigated the modulation of cutaneous reflexes in the lower limb muscles of subjects with ankle sprain and joint instability.•The cutaneous afferent pathway was modified in the subjects with chronic ankle instability after ankle sprain.•These new findings partly shed light on the problem of i...