Reciprocal excitation of muscle antagonists by the primary afferent pathway
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Experimental Brain Research
- Vol. 46 (3), 454-456
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00238640
Abstract
Measurements were made from electromyograms, evoked in human soleus and tibialis anterior muscles by tendon taps. Evidence is presented to suggest that in certain motor disorders it is possible to stimulate the stretch reflex afferents from a single muscle and elicit activity both in that muscle and its antagonist at comparable latencies and levels. Responses in both muscles occur at the short latencies of an oligosynaptic or even possibly a monosynaptic pathway.Keywords
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