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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… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
BOTULINUM TOXIN Mechanisms of action
This review describes therapeutically relevant mechanisms of action of botulinum toxin (BT). B T ’s molecular mode of action… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Body oscillations in balancing due to segmental stretch reflex activity
SummaryWhile subjects balanced on a seesaw consisting of a platform with a curved base, the antero-posterior sway of head and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Spasticity: Research Findings and Implications for Intervention
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Selective depression of medium‐latency leg and foot muscle responses to stretch by an alpha 2‐agonist in humans.
1. In standing humans, toe‐up rotation of a platform induces a short‐latency (SLR) and a medium‐latency response (MLR) in both… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Shaping static elbow torque-angle relationships by spinal cord circuits: A theoretical study
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Modulation of the stretch reflex during volitional sinusoidal tracking in Parkinson's disease.
Sinusoidal visually-guided wrist tracking, in normal and parkinsonian subjects, was perturbed by torque transients every 90… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A study of jaw reflexes of the awake cat during mastication and locomotion.
This paper reports on experiments on the jaw opening reflex carried out while awake unrestrained cats were eating or walking on a… 
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
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