title: Effects of test H-reflex size on reciprocal inhibition in forearm muscles.
abstract: We studied effects of test H-reflex size on reciprocal Ia inhibition in forearm muscles. In both healthy control subjects and hemiplegic patients, the amount of Ia inhibition decreased as the test H-reflex size increased. It is possible that forearm reciprocal Ia inhibition in hemiplegics reported previously might be underestimated due to larger test H-reflexes used in the hemiplegics than in the controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohi
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000502:physiology*; D006181:H-Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged