Sentence examples for reflex characteristics from inspiring English sources

As a secondary aim, we tested the hypothesis that infants with HIE receiving therapeutic hypothermia had different aerodigestive reflex characteristics than infants with HIE who received traditional neonatal care.

The masticatory muscles are considered to be important determinants of facial form, but little is known of the muscle spindle reflex characteristics and their relationship, if any, to face height.

The palmar grasp reflex is a characteristic behavior of human infants, developing as early as 16 weeks gestational age, when the fetus begins to grasp the umbilical cord in the mother's womb.

Attacks last from 15 to 180 min and simultaneous activation of the trigeminal autonomic reflex produces the characteristic cranial, autonomic, accompanying symptoms (Table 1) [2].

A study of muscular activity has found that spinal manipulation (high speed manipulative thrusts) induces a reflex response at characteristic locations in pain-free subjects.1 In this study slower loadings (i.e. mobilisation) did not produce an electromyographic (EMG) response.

Delayed relaxation after testing the ankle jerk reflex is a characteristic sign in hypothyroidism and is associated with the severity of the hormone deficit.

Homozygous spa/ spa and spd/ spd mice display complex neuromotor phenotypes characterized by an exaggerated startle response, an impaired righting reflex, the development of characteristic tremors and reduced male fertility.

Lastly, the distinct differences in respiratory physiology and neuro-physiology between young children and adults include maturational differences in airway, respiratory muscle and chest wall structure, sleep characteristics, respiratory reflexes and respiratory control [ 11- 13].

All samples contain magnetite demonstrating its reflex at 2θ ~ 35° characteristic of cubic spinel as well as manganochromite and iron oxides.

This bilateral cooperation is one of the characteristics of jaw reflexes.

To test the hypothesis that the sensorimotor characteristics of the reflexes evoked on stimulation with air and water infusions differ by studying the effect of pharyngeal stimulation on pharyngeal upper esophageal sphincter (UES) interactions in healthy neonates.