"muscle reflex" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the involuntary contraction of a muscle in response to a stimulus, such as when a doctor taps the knee with a reflex hammer to test the knee-jerk reflex. For example, "The doctor tested my muscle reflex with a reflex hammer."
Conclusion: Wearing a functional knee brace facilitated hamstring muscle reflex, but muscle fatigue lengthened the hamstring reflex latency.
The effect of nociceptive block was evaluated according to the inhibition of the cutaneous trunci muscle reflex (CTMR) in response to skin pinpricks in rats.
Sixteen healthy adult subjects participated in an experiment to record trunk stiffness and paraspinal muscle reflex gain during voluntary isometric trunk extension exertions.
Or I'd think they had a tic, and then I'd feel bad for calling someone a douchenozzle when really it was a muscle reflex that was out of their control.
Although these reflexes were partly responsible for the variations in Δt, the slack test has a notable methodological advantage in that the differences, not the absolute values, of Δt from the multiple trials are used for the calculation of V0, minimizing any systematic errors due to the muscle reflex.
These reflexes are named 'Exercise or Muscle Reflex' (ER or MR) or "Metaboreflex".
One type of therapy, functional neuromuscular stimulation, uses electrodes to stimulate muscle reflexes, and according to experts may help activate some paralysed muscles.
A PCP user is often impervious to pain and generally exhibits emotional instability, excited intoxication, a lack of coordination, high blood pressure, and increased deep-tendon muscle reflexes.
A doctor checks to see whether the eyes are responsive to light or touch; she pricks the nailbeds to discern whether the pain registers; she tests muscle reflexes; she determines whether the buildup of carbon dioxide triggers spontaneous breathing if the ventilator is shut off; and she may use an electroencephalograph to detect electrical activity in the brain.
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These ranges of forces depend on both the intrinsic physical properties (rigidity) of the limb and the influence of muscle reflexes on the limb mechanics.
