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Reflex, Stretch

Known as: Stretch Reflex, myotatic reflex 
Reflex contraction of a muscle in response to stretching, which stimulates muscle proprioceptors.
National Institutes of Health

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Muscle SpindlesMuscle functionaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Reflex actionReflex motion descriptor

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Reflex, Tendon

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The effect of whole body vibration on the H‐reflex, the stretch reflex, and the short‐latency response during hopping
The effect of whole body vibration (WBV) on reflex responses is controversially discussed in the literature. In this study, three… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Operant conditioning of H-reflex in spinal cord-injured rats.
Operant conditioning of the spinal stretch reflex or its electrical analog, the H-reflex, is a new model for exploring the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Postural modulation of the soleus H reflex in young and old subjects.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Spasticity: Research Findings and Implications for Intervention
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Compensation of human stance perturbations: Selection of the appropriate electromyographic pattern
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Post‐contraction errors in human force production are reduced by muscle stretch.
1. Based on findings from a previous study of plantar‐flexor muscles, the effect of a conditioning 25, 50 or 100% maximum… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of contraction level and magnitude of stretch on tonic stretch reflex transmission characteristics.
Electromyogram tonic stretch reflex responses were recorded from biceps brachii muscles in normal and cerebral palsied subjects… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The influence of the gamma system on cross-correlated activity of Ia muscle spindles and its relation to information transmission
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Stretch and Hoffmann reflexes during phasic voluntary contractions of the human soleus muscle.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Effects of voluntary isometric and isotonic activity on late transcortical reflex components in normal subjects and hemiparetic patients.
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