Relationship Between Spinal Reflexes and Spastic Movement Disorders - 28/04/26
, Thomas Sinkjær, Dr Med Sci, PhD bRésumé |
The central nervous system (CNS) generates various motor functions, in part by modulating the excitability of spinal reflex pathways. When a reflex becomes not modulable or its modulation becomes impaired due to spinal cord lesions or other CNS diseases, it could become a part of spastic movement disorders. For the CNS with or without chronic lesions, thus, reflexes can be used as tools to probe its state. Utilizing such features of spinal reflexes, it is possible to operantly condition a reflex to improve CNS activity and resulting motor function in spastic individuals with spinal cord lesions.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Hyperreflexia, Spinal cord injury, Stretch reflexes, Motoneurons, Plasticity, Operant conditioning
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Vol 37 - N° 2
P. 231-244 - mai 2026 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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