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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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2006
Review
2006
The Stretch-Shortening Cycle
C. Nicol
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J. Avela
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P. Komi
Sports Medicine
2006
Corpus ID: 30032208
Neuromuscular fatigue has traditionally been examined using isolated forms of either isometric, concentric or eccentric actions…
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Neurophysiological methods for the assessment of spasticity: The Hoffmann reflex, the tendon reflex, and the stretch reflex
G. Voerman
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M. Gregorič
,
H. Hermens
Disability and Rehabilitation
2005
Corpus ID: 43606942
Purpose: To review the literature concerning neurophysiological methods to assess spasticity with respect to mechanisms and…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Soleus stretch reflex modulation during gait in humans.
T. Sinkjaer
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J. B. Andersen
,
B. Larsen
Journal of Neurophysiology
1996
Corpus ID: 12571270
1. The modulation of the short-latency stretch reflex during walking at different walking speeds was investigated and compared…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Botulinum A toxin effects on rat jaw muscle spindles.
G. Filippi
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P. Errico
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R. Santarelli
,
B. Bagolini
,
E. Manni
Acta Oto-Laryngologica
1993
Corpus ID: 22060255
Botulinum A toxin (Botox) is used for the treatment of many muscular dystonias. However, the relief of the sustained and abnormal…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Relief of hemiparetic spasticity by TENS is associated with improvement in reflex and voluntary motor functions.
M. Levin
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C. Hui-Chan
Electroencephalography and Clinical…
1992
Corpus ID: 19828510
Review
1989
Review
1989
Spastic hypertonia: mechanisms and measurement.
R. Katz
,
W. Rymer
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1989
Corpus ID: 44447941
Spastic hypertonia has been defined as a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Bistability of alpha‐motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5‐hydroxytryptophan.
J. Hounsgaard
,
H. Hultborn
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B. Jespersen
,
O. Kiehn
Journal of Physiology
1988
Corpus ID: 38769192
1. In the preceding paper (Crone, Hultborn, Kiehn, Mazieres & Wigström, 1988) it was shown that a short‐lasting synaptic…
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Review
1979
Review
1979
Regulation of stiffness by skeletomotor reflexes.
J. Houk
Annual Review of Physiology
1979
Corpus ID: 3066449
Since the early 1950s when Merton (44) first introduced his "follow-up servo hypothesis" of movement control, the dominant…
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Stretch reflex and servo action in a variety of human muscles.
C. Marsden
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P. Merton
,
H. Morton
Journal of Physiology
1976
Corpus ID: 33843528
1. In the long flexor of the thumb the latency of the stretch reflex and of other manifestations of servo action is some 45 msec…
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Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
The dependence of tension upon extension in the stretch reflex of the soleus muscle of the decerebrate cat
P. Matthews
Journal of Physiology
1959
Corpus ID: 44754859
In their description of the stretch reflex, Liddell & Sherrington (1924) stated that 'so long as the stretch increases, the…
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