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1249784

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
1. E.m.g. activity in soleus during an unexpected fall is found to be more complex than that described by Melvill Jones & Watt (1971b). After a silent period of about 80 msec an initial peak of activity lasts until about 100 msec after release. In falls from sufficient heights a second peak of activity occurs before landing. 2. The initial peak of activity is found in muscles throughout the body and is absent during falls in which the subject releases himself. It is suggested that this initial peak is a startle response to release and on landing during the initial peak any deceleration due to tension in the leg muscles is in part coincidental. 3. The second peak of activity is found in muscles of the lower limbs. Its timing is related to the timing of landing. It is suggested that this is the activity concerned in thhe voluntary control of landing. 4. No initial peak of activity could be recorded in two patients with absent labyrinthine function.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3751
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
507-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Muscle responses during sudden falls in man.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article