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J Neurophysiol 65: 1089-1097, 1991;
0022-3077/91 $5.00
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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 65, Issue 5 1089-1097, Copyright © 1991 by APS

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Evidence that low-threshold muscle afferents evoke long-latency stretch reflexes in human hand muscles

J. Noth, M. Schwarz, K. Podoll and F. Motamedi
Neurological Clinic with Clinical Neurophysiology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Federal Republic of Germany.

1. The aim of the present study was to identify the type of spinal afferents involved in the generation of the long-latency response in intrinsic human hand muscles. Position-controlled extensions were imposed on the index finger or on the wrist of healthy subjects who were exerting a steady voluntary flexion force at the relevant joint. Averaged surface electromyographic (EMG) responses of the first dorsal interosseus muscle (FDI) or of the wrist flexors were evaluated with respect to latency and size. 2. Small transient angular displacements of the index finger (1 degree, as measured at the metacarpophalangeal joint), which are supposed to excite primary rather than secondary afferents, evoked two clearly discernible EMG responses with mean latencies of 32.3 ms (M1 response) and 54.7 ms (M2 response), respectively. The size of the M2 response exceeded the size of the M1 response by 60%. In the wrist flexors, transient stretch (1 degree) gave rise to a large M1 response (latency 22.8 ms) and a small, inconstent M2 response. 3. Small-amplitude vibration of the index finger elicited EMG responses in the FDI that were qualitatively and quantitatively similar to those seen in response to small transient stretches of the index finger. This was also true for fast ramp-and-hold stretches (stretch velocity 400 degrees/s, amplitude 5 degrees), whereas slow ramp-and-hold stretches (125 degrees/s, 5 degrees) elicited predominantly M2 responses. 4. In the FDI, the mechanical threshold of the M1 and M2 response to the transient angular displacement was approximately 0.15 degrees, with a tendency for the M2 response to appear at a lower threshold.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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