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Stretch reflex inhibition using electrical stimulation in normal subjects and subjects with spasticity
1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The effect of electrically stimulating the tibialis anterior muscle on the stretch reflex of the soleus muscle in normal subjects and subjects with spasticity is investigated. Stimulation of the tibialis anterior just prior to the onset of a mechanical disturbance, which causes a stretch in the soleus, inhibits the stretch reflex of the soleus in normal subjects and may inhibit clonus in subjects with spasticity.