title: Reinforcement of tonic vibration reflex and exteroceptive vibration-induced flexion reflex in finger flexion muscles by forced respiration.
abstract: The effects of forced respiration on tonic vibration reflex (TVR) and exteroceptive vibration-induced flexion reflex (VFR) were studied in healthy man. vibration (100 Hz) applied to finger flexion muscles or the volar side of the middle finger induced a slowly augmenting facilitation of the TVR, which has mono-and polysynaptic components, and VFR, which is polysynaptic. Forced inspiration and forced expiration facilitated these slowly augmenting processes in both reflexes. Respiration reinforces both proprioceptive and exteroceptive reflexes elicited by vibration.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration; D014732:Vibration