Effect of lower extremity weightbearing load on motoneuron excitability in able-bodied subjects

• Published in: Electromyography and clinical neurophysiology Vol. 40; no. 8; p. 459
• Main Authors: Field-Fote, E C, Hufford, T, Kerfoot, N, Kizer, S, Calancie, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgium 01.12.2000
• Subjects: Achilles Tendon - physiology; Adult; Body Weight; Female; H-Reflex - physiology; Humans; Leg; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Neurons - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Reference Values; Reflex, Stretch - physiology; Thigh; Vibration; Weight-Bearing

Body weight support (BWS) is becoming an increasingly tool popular in rehabilitation settings, but little is known about how weight support effects reflex activity. Lower extremity Hoffman (H) reflex and tendon reflex responses were used to assess motoneuron excitability as a function of static lowe...