intrafusal

[in″trah-fu´zal]

pertaining to the striated fibers within a muscle spindle.

in·tra·fu·sal

(in'tră-fyū'săl),

Applied to structures within the muscle spindle.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

in·tra·fu·sal

(in'tră-fyū'zăl)

Applied to structures within the muscle spindle.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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These changes are supported by observed increases in reflex amplitude 10 minutes post-conditioning contraction (Trimble and Harp, 1998), and the possible 30% contribution of the motoneuron excitation to the discharge frequency from Ia afferents of the intrafusal stretch receptors (Gandevia, 1998).

Prior Band-Resisted Squat Jumps Improves Running and Neuromuscular Performance in Middle-Distance Runners

Standardized measurements were made of the area and diameter of the muscle spindle, mean cross-sectional area of intrafusal fibers, number of intrafusal fibers and thickness of the spindle capsule in the muscle spindle with the largest diameter.

Evaluacion de un Modelo Animal de Paralisis Cerebral: Los Efectos sobre la Morfologia del Musculo Extensor Largo de los Dedos

Tissue engineering the mechanosensory circuit of the stretch reflex arc: Sensory neuron innervation of intrafusal muscle fibers.

Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS): Past-Present-Future

Gamma motor neurons innervate intrafusal muscle fibers and provide the maintenance of sensitivity of the muscle spindle at the time when muscle is shortened during the contraction.

SPASTICITY--A RESULT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY/SPASTICNOST --POSLEDICA OSTECENJA CENTRALNOG NERVNOG SISTEMA

The EMG activity during a stretch is triggered by impulses from the intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindles.

EMG Onset after a 10-Week Stretching Intervention: A Comparison between Older and Younger Adults

In 1986, Laskin and Block hypothesized that the source of electrical activity was intrafusal fibers inside the muscle spindle [103].

Trigeminal Neuralgia, Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, and Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome: An Update

The therapeutic effects of BTX-A seemed to be due not only to partial denervation of extrafusal muscles but also to fusimotor denervation of intrafusal fibers that tonically control the sensitivity of spindle sensory afferents [19-21].

Improvement and Neuroplasticity after Combined Rehabilitation to Forced Grasping

Murakami et al., "Glycogen depletion of the intrafusal fibers in a mouse muscle spindle during prolonged swimming," American Journal of Physiology, vol.

Exercise Training under Exposure to Low Levels of Fine Particulate Matter: Effects on Heart Oxidative Stress and Extra-to-Intracellular HSP70 Ratio

Gamma [chi] motorneurons, which transmit impulses to special skeletal muscle fibres, called intrafusal fibres, part of the muscle spindle.

Muscle energy technique (MET)

Gamma motor neurons can adjust the sensitivity of the intrafusal fibers by innervating these intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle (41).

Muscle latency and proprioception in non-dominant and dominant legs of healthy sedentary individuals/Saglikli sedanter bireylerin dominant ve non-dominant bacak kas reaksiyon zamani ve propriosepsiyonu

The phenomenon of muscle history is thought to arise from the spontaneous formation of stable, non-recycling intrafusal cross-bridges between actin and myosin filaments when muscle is held at constant length.

Effect of spinal manipulation on the development of history-dependent responsiveness of lumbar paraspinal muscle spindles in the cat

Its are composed of 3-12 intrafusal muscle fibers, of which there are three types:

The PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching technique--a brief review