stretch reflex

Especially in frequency ranges where stretch reflexes are triggered the position and posture standing on the device is of importance.

He needed to relax; he needed sleep, rest, a chance to let stretched reflexes loosen.

Due to its high amplitudes and vibration frequencies above 12 Hz it is able to utilize stretch reflexes.

Functionally, it modulates muscle stretch reflexes of proximal limb muscles.

Stretch reflexes are triggered in any tensed muscle which is additionally stretched fast enough (e.g. by vibrations).

Initial swing is the response of both stretch reflexes and concentric movements to the propulsion movements of the body.

This imbalance causes hyperactive muscle stretch reflexes, which result in involuntary contractions and increased muscle tone.

Some studies suggest that balance training could be effective at increasing muscular strength, power output and jump height though enhanced neuromuscular efficiency and stretch reflexes.

This weakness, along with incoordination, heightened stretch reflexes, and ataxia, is probably due to the effects of BZ at CNS sites.

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The larger mallet is used to elicit tendon stretch reflexes, and the smaller mallet is used to elicit percussion myotonia.

The self re-excitation of hyperactive stretch reflexes theory involves a repetitive contract- relax cycle in the affected muscle, which creates oscillatory movements in the affected limb.

The interposed nucleus is smaller than the dentate nucleus but larger than the fastigial nucleus and functions to modulate muscle stretch reflexes of distal musculature.

The stretch reflexes (often called deep tendon reflexes, though not to be confused with Golgi tendon reflexes) provide information on the integrity of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.

The commonly quoted definition by Lance (1980) describes "a motor disorder, characterised by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyper-excitability of the stretch reflex as one component of the upper motor neurone (UMN) syndrome".

In neurophysiological studies, the motor system is modeled as a distributed, often hierarchical system with the spinal cord controlling the "most automatic" of movements such as stretch reflexes, and the cortex controlling the "most voluntary" actions such as reaching for an object, with the brainstem performing a function somewhere in between the two.