Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 388-393 , August 2010

Challenging presumptions: Is reciprocal inhibition truly reciprocal? A study of reciprocal inhibition between knee extensors and flexors in humans

  • Karen Hamm

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St Georges, University of London, SW17 0RE, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Karen Hamm, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Care, St Georges, University of London, Grosvenor Wing, London SW17 0RE, UK. Tel.: +44 0208 725 0819; fax: +44 0208 725 2202.
    • ,
  • Caroline M. Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, Physiotherapy Department, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 14 December 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2010.

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