scholarly journals Both standing and postural threat decrease Achilles’ tendon reflex inhibition from tendon electrical stimulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 595 (13) ◽  
pp. 4493-4506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Horslen ◽  
J. Timothy Inglis ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Blouin ◽  
Mark G. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Reflex Inhibition ◽  
Postural Threat ◽  
Tendon Reflex

Age and sex dependency of the Achilles tendon reflex

1979 ◽  
Vol 278 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
RS Carel ◽  
AD Korczyn ◽  
Y Hochberg
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Tendon Reflex ◽  
Sex Dependency ◽  
Age And Sex

Reflex Inhibition of Normal Cramp Following Electrical Stimulation of the Muscle Tendon

2007 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 1102-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serajul I. Khan ◽  
John A. Burne
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Maximum Voluntary Contraction ◽  
Voluntary Contraction ◽  
Muscle Cramp ◽  
Emg Activity ◽  
Reflex Inhibition ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Inhibitory Feedback ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Stimulation Of

Muscle cramp was induced in one head of the gastrocnemius muscle (GA) in eight of thirteen subjects using maximum voluntary contraction when the muscle was in the shortened position. Cramp in GA was painful, involuntary, and localized. Induction of cramp was indicated by the presence of electromyographic (EMG) activity in one head of GA while the other head remained silent. In all cramping subjects, reflex inhibition of cramp electrical activity was observed following Achilles tendon electrical stimulation and they all reported subjective relief of cramp. Thus muscle cramp can be inhibited by stimulation of tendon afferents in the cramped muscle. When the inhibition of cramp-generated EMG and voluntary EMG was compared at similar mean EMG levels, the area and timing of the two phases of inhibition (I1, I2) did not differ significantly. This strongly suggests that the same reflex pathway was the source of the inhibition in both cases. Thus the cramp-generated EMG is also likely to be driven by spinal synaptic input to the motorneurons. We have found that the muscle conditions that appear necessary to facilitate cramp, a near to maximal contraction of the shortened muscle, are also the conditions that render the inhibition generated by tendon afferents ineffective. When the strength of tendon inhibition in cramping subjects was compared with that in subjects that failed to cramp, it was found to be significantly weaker under the same experimental conditions. It is likely that reduced inhibitory feedback from tendon afferents has an important role in generating cramp.

The Achilles Tendon Reflex in Thyroid Disease

1965 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Thyroid Disease ◽  
Tendon Reflex

Effects of thalamic nucleus submedius lesions on the tail flick reflex inhibition evoked by hindlimb electrical stimulation in the rat

Neuroreport ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1237-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Qiu Zhang ◽  
Jing-Shi Tang ◽  
Bin Yuan ◽  
Hong Jia
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Thalamic Nucleus ◽  
Tail Flick ◽  
Reflex Inhibition

scholarly journals Latency of the Achilles tendon reflex for detection of reduced functions of the peripheral nervous system in workers exposed to lead.

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-233
Author(s):  
Y Ogawa ◽  
M Hirata ◽  
A Okayama ◽  
Y E Ichikawa ◽  
S Goto
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Peripheral Nervous System ◽  
Tendon Reflex

The normal Achilles tendon reflex time in children as measured with the photomotograph

1967 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 772-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey P. Katz ◽  
Theodore A. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Tendon Reflex ◽  
Reflex Time

Achilles tendon reflex time

BMJ ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 4 (5581) ◽  
pp. 743-743
Author(s):  
C. D. Marsden ◽  
J. C. Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Tendon Reflex ◽  
Reflex Time

The influence of stretching and warm‐up exercises on Achilles tendon reflex activity

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Rosenbaum ◽  
Ewald M. Hennig
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Reflex Activity ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Tendon Reflex
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