Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages e395-e402 , December 2009

Unchanged H-reflex during a sustained isometric submaximal plantar flexion performed with an EMG biofeedback

  • Nicolas Place

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire INSERM U887 Motricité-Plasticité, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
    • Institut des Sciences du Mouvement et de la Médecine du Sport, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Faculté de Médecine ISMMS-EEPS, Université de Genève, Rue du Conseil Général 10, 1205 Genève, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 379 10 76; fax: +41 22 379 00 35.
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  • Julien Duclay

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire INSERM U887 Motricité-Plasticité, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
    • ,
  • Romuald Lepers

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire INSERM U887 Motricité-Plasticité, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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  • Alain Martin

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire INSERM U887 Motricité-Plasticité, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Received 10 June 2008 ,Revised 27 November 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.01.001

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages e395-e402 , December 2009

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