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antagonistic muscles

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an·tag·o·nis·tic muscles (n-tg-nstk)
pl.n.
Muscles having opposite functions, the contraction of one neutralizing the contraction of the other.

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The arms, fingers, muscle-tone and tension, balance, ligaments and antagonistic muscles are examined.
Muscle co-contraction, defined as the simultaneous activation of antagonistic muscles (VL-MG and VL-LH), was calculated using the integrated EMG of each muscle and the formula: [(less active muscle/more active muscle) x (sum of the integrated activity of both muscles)].
Synkinesis depends on the quantity and the quality of the reinnervation of the antagonistic muscles and the equilibrium or disequilibrium in reinnervation that has occurred.
 
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