Anatomically remote muscle contraction facilitates patellar tendon reflex reinforcement while mental activity does not: a within-participants experimental trial

Anatomically remote muscle contraction facilitates patellar tendon reflex reinforcement while mental activity does not: a within-participants experimental trial

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Jendrassik maneuver (JM) is a remote facilitation muscular contraction shown to affect amplitude and temporal components of the human stretch reflex. Conflicting theoretical models exist regarding the neurological mechanism relat...

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Main Authors: Passmore Steven R, Bruno Paul A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
Subjects:
Neurologic examination
Stretch reflex
Jendrassik maneuver
Stroop task
Presynaptic inhibition
Online Access:http://chiromt.com/content/20/1/29

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