Article
The nociceptive withdrawal reflex does not adapt to joint position change and short-term motor practice
2013-12-19
Abstract excerpt
The nociceptive withdrawal reflex is a protective mechanism to mediate interactions within a potentially dangerous environment. The reflex is formed by action-based sensory encoding during the early post-natal developmental period, and it is unknown if the protective motor function of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex in the human upper-limb is adaptable based on the configuration of the arm or if it can be modifi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 187185a0-737e-5c4b-bc8a-d883f398476a
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.2-158.v2
