Short-latency autogenic inhibition (IB inhibition) in human spasticity.
Open Access
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 51 (12) , 1546-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.51.12.1546
Abstract
The inhibitory effect of IB interneurons on motoneurons was tested in both legs of six hemiplegic adults. On the normal side, an inhibition of 10 ms, (14.6%) was observed in all cases and was similar to that described previously. On the spastic side, the same technique results in a facilitation of same duration reaching a maximum of 15%. Hence the IB inhibitory effect is, at least functionally, absent in spasticity. Disappearance of IB inhibition is an additional mechanism to be considered in interpreting spasticity.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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