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Stretching exercises can be extremely helpful, but if not done correctly they can not only be a waste of time, they can be ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a method to realize stretch reflexes in musculoskeletal robots without length sensors. A pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) was modeled as a nonlinear spring with a ...

This engages the stretch reflex in neck muscles and your head bobs slightly. You fight against this, trying to stay awake, but eventually you give in, and your head drops quickly. This sudden drop ...

Objective: To investigate the immediate and chronic effects of ankle brace application on the amplitude of peroneus longus stretch reflex. Methods: Twenty physically active college students (mean (SD) ...

Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that ...

one in which the muscles were maintained in a shortened position and one in which they were maintained in a lengthened position. Spasticity was defined as the presence of tonic stretch reflexes in ...

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Sample frequency was 512 Hz and data were bandpass filtered at 15–256 Hz using a second order Butterworth filter. Outcome parameters were selected in order to reflect: (1) reflex muscle activity on ...