The stretch reflex allows you to use the strength of the muscles involved as well as the energy accumulated on the down phase to enable you to generate even more power using mainly the fast twitch fibers. Exercise 3 testing a stretch reflex data table 3 testing the patellar reflex from bio 230 at azusa pacific university. This mechanism plays a large role in maintaining muscle. One of the mechanisms suggested to underlie this inhibitory effect is afferent inputs from intramuscular receptors such as the muscle spindle and. The hreflex is mediated largely monosyn aptically via muscle spindle ia afferents, a pathway which is thought to be shared by the mechanically elicited tendon. If a skeletal muscle, like in this drawing, heres a skeletal muscle in the arm.
Effects of contraction intensity on muscle fascicle and. If you pause in the bottom position, as often occurs in a slow movement, the energy gained in the eccentric contraction will be dissipated in. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the reflex, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. This mechanism is sometimes called the tonic stretch reflex, but really serves as a servo system that affords coordination of agonist and antagonist musculature too.
The active contraction provoked in a muscle by continuous stretch is a tonic reflex and is the basis of muscle tone. The stretch reflex is designed as a protective mechanism for the muscles, to prevent tearing. Evolutionarily, the stretch reflex was designed as a protective measure for the muscles, in order to prevent tearing that can occur due to vigorous movement. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Habituation and conditioning of the human long latency stretch reflex. The stretch reflex and the contributions of c david marsden ncbi. The central lesion causing the umns disrupts the balance of supraspinal inhibitory and excitatory inputs directed to the spinal cord, leading to a state of disinhibition of the stretch reflex. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. We now believe that spasticity is a manifestation of increased motoneuron mn excitability, and that this increased excitability is due primarily to a sustained depolarization of the. Quantitative human physiology second edition, 2012. If the reflex responses to stimulus msk differ from those to sk or to m, this would provide very strong evidence for the origin of the longlatency component of the stretch reflex not being in muscle spindles.
Microsoft powerpoint chap 6 reflexes compatibility mode author. Although the tendon reflex is less sensitive than the stretch reflex, it can override the stretch reflex when tension is great, making you drop a very heavy weight, for example. In clinical practice, signs of exaggerated tendon tap reflexes associated with muscle hypertonia are generally thought to be responsible for spastic movement disorders. The spinal pathophysiology of spasticity from a basic. Primary afferent fibres are responsible for the stretch reflex, in which pulling the tendon of a muscle causes the muscle to contract. About onethird of stroke survivors develop this physical sign. Fine tips that are dendrites of receptors, that are.
Peripheral mechanisms in tremor after traumatic neck. Inhibitory effect of the jendrassik maneuver on the stretch reflex. Definition and properties with diagram article shared by. If stretch receptors in the stomach are activated by the filling and distension of the stomach, a short reflex will directly activate the smooth muscle fibers of the stomach wall to increase motility to digest the excessive food in the stomach. Spinal mechanisms of the functional stretch reflex. The stretch reflex of a muscle also plays an important role in. Click download or read online button to get understanding the stretch reflex book now. Stretch sensitive reflexes as an adaptive mechanism for.
Once the muscle spindle is stretched, the impulse is sent back to the muscle very quickly, and protects it from being pulled forcefully or beyond its normal range of motion. The strength of this reflex depends upon the rate of change. Spasticity is defined as increased resistance to passive stretch where the central feature is an exaggerated stretch reflex. Passive flexion of the elbow, forexample, meets immediate resistance as a result of thestretch reflex in the triceps muscle. The tendon reflex operates as a feedback mechanism to control muscle tension by causing muscle relaxation before muscle force becomes so great that tendons might be torn. When you stretch a muscle there is an initial stretch reflex which is quick and strong. Nerve impulses follow nerve pathways as they travel through the nervous system. Therefore, any changes in afferent feedback could compromise force production or stability during movement 19, 48, 59.
Describe the function and mechanism of a stretch reflex. The shortlatency stretch reflex has been shown to contribute to force enhancement in various activities such as running and drop jumps, and it has an important role in stiffness regulation of muscle fibers 56, 59. Understanding the stretch reflex download ebook pdf. The stretch reflex response in the normal and spastic ankle. The simplest of these pathways, including a few neurons, constitutes a reflex arc. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Inverse stretch reflex auto inhibition lengthening reaction clasp knife reflex when a limb is passively flexed, in spasticity, lot of resistance occurs due to. Peter shortland, in the nervous system second edition, 2010.
Spasticity is a frequent consequence of hemispheric stroke, in which contralesional muscles demonstrate exaggerated stretch reflex responses. Each spindle contains modified muscle fibers called spindle or intrafusel fibers inside spindle, innervated by gamma efferent fibers. All three segments were dependent upon the activation of receptors in the homonymous muscle and did not require cutaneous input. So theres some variety for how the information travels in reflexes, depending on the reflex. It is only one of the several components of the upper motor neuron syndrome umns. Peripheral mechanisms contributing to spasticity and. Further stretchactivates the inverse stretch reflex. The muscle spindle is stretched and the impulse is also immediately received to contract the muscle, protecting it from being pulled forcefully or beyond a normal range. A reflex action, differently known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus. Wyke 1976 presents a triad of mechanisms which determine muscle tone or tension. Stretch reflex is the only example for monosynaptic reflex in body. The deep tendon and the abdominal reflexes journal of.
Reflex action mechanism reflex arc neural control and. The stretch reflex is therefore important for maintaining muscle tone and upright posture. The excitability of the stretch reflex is used as a measure of tone. This is the dynamic component which some think of as the dynamic stretch reflex. Observations of stretch reflexes, rapid excitatory responses of a muscle following stretch, were reported as early as 1751 by robert whytt pearce 1997. The selective effect of procaine on the stretch reflex and tendon jerk of. Differential effects on tonic and phasic reflex mechanisms. This demonstrates the viability of a continued role for the stretch reflexes even after feedforward mechanisms begin, as the gains of the stretch reflex can be tuned via supraspinal inputs. Pdf spinal mechanisms of the functional stretch reflex. Peripheral mechanisms contributing to spasticity and implications for treatment.
A spinal reflex is a fast response that involves an afferent signal into the spinal cord and an efferent signal out to the muscle. The stretch reflex also called the myotatic reflex is a muscle contraction in order to response with the stretching within the muscle. This is a neuron mechanism that responds to a muscle being. Since that time it has been revealed that the stretch reflex is a complex muscle reaction, with multiple excitatory responses occurring at different latencies following a muscle stretch hammond 1955. The deep tendon reflexes and the abdominal reflexes are important physical signs which have a special place in neurological diagnosis, particularly in early disease when they alone may be abnormal. Due to sudden excessive stretching, golgi tendon end organ gets stimulated, afferent impulses are carried to spinal cord ib fibers. A third and major objective was to test the idea that the function of the stretch reflex is to compensate for variations in muscle properties. There is a second, weaker but longer acting, static stretch reflex. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Neural effects of muscle stretching on the spinal reflexes in multiple. Inclusion of primal reflex release technique prrt in.
The stretch reflex and postural control during disturbed quiet stance. Stretch reflex regulation in healthy subjects and patients with spasticity. Some of the simplest nerve pathways consist of little more than two neurons that communicate across a single synapse. The stretch reflex can be a monosynaptic reflex which provides automatic regulation of skeletal muscle length, whereby the signal entering the spinal cord. Pdf the jendrassik maneuver jm is a method for enhancing sluggish tendontap jerks at medical examination. A reflex is a relatively simple motor response that does not involve a large number of interneurons or association neurons. Understanding the stretch reflex or myotatic reflex. It will continue to maintain the tonic contraction until the. Exercise 3 testing a stretch reflex data table 3 testing. Muscle stretch reflexes are involuntary contractions of muscles induced by a brisk stretch of the muscle.
In contrast to this, a phasic stretch reflex consists of a synchronous motor neurone discharge caused by brief stimulation of muscle spindles or their afferent nerve pathways. When the muscles are hypertonic, the sequence ofmoderate stretch muscle contraction, strong stretch musclerelaxation is clearly seen. Differential effects on tonic and phasic reflex mechanisms produced by vibration of muscles in man. The stretch reflex myotatic reflex is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. These observations show that receptor properties andor spinal mechanisms involved in the stretch reflex are sufficient to produce a segmented response similar to that observed in intact animals. And a reflex is a response to a stimulus that doesnt require the involvement of consciousness. Most antispastic treatments are, therefore, directed at the reduction of reflex activity.
Another mechanism underlying the clasp knife phenomenon could be the excitation of higherthreshold muscle receptors groups iii and iv belonging to the exor. With some reser vation we have been able to confirm this, and we will reserve the term stretch reflex to refer to this response. Autonomic reflexes and homeostasis anatomy and physiology i. The deep tendon reflex if you tap on the tendon of a muscle, it contracts. Stretch reflex and muscle tone in healthy subjects. The classical mechanism of the stretch reflex involves excitation of primary endings of muscle spindle.
Stretch reflex excitability in contralateral limbs of. System identification techniques were used to identify the stretch reflex dynamics at each combination of tonic level and. In the experimental animal this clearly delineates spasticity from the general category of hypertonic states and muscular rigidity. The stretch reflex loop plays an important role in generation of oscillation in tremor after neck. In recent years, however, researchers have noticed a discrepancy between spasticity as measured in the clinic and functional spastic. Spasticity is the velocitydependent increase in muscle tone due to the exaggeration of stretch reflex.
Electrical analogue for dtr is the hoffmans reflex or h reflex, 24. A significant reduction of the tremor frequency by loading and ischaemic nerve block indicates a mechanical reflex mechanism underlying the tremor, and association of synchronous emg bursts suggests an increase in gain in the stretch reflex loop. The stretch reflex or myotatic reflex refers to the contraction of a muscle in. Position dependence of stretch reflex dynamics at the human ankle. Stretch reflex regulation in healthy subjects and patients. These observations show that receptor properties andor spinal mechanisms involved in the stretch reflex are. The muscle spindle is the receptor for the stretch reflexes which may be phasic or tonic in nature. When there is a painful stimulus, the sensory signal excites the motor neurons that innervate flexor muscles of the stimulated limb and inhibits mn that innervate the extensor muscles of the limb reciprocal innervation. They act as hard signs in situations where clinical assessment is complicated by patient anxiety, and become more useful as clinical experience develops. Stretch reflex with passivestatic stretching ground up. Pdf inhibitory effect of the jendrassik maneuver on the.
The stretch reflex and postural control during disturbed. Nerve impulses follow routes through the nervous system called nerve pathways. One of the simplest reflexes thats a good example and that happens to be one of the most medically useful is called the muscle stretch reflex, muscle stretch reflex. Experimentally, fixating the limb but still applying the mechanical stimulus will satisfy sk. The stretch reflex protects the muscles and tendons by contracting them, thereby preventing them from being stretched beyond their limits. As noted above, the basis for this simple spinal reflex is a monosynaptic excitation of the motor neurons of the stretched. Muscle tone residual muscle tension or tonus is the continuous and partial contraction of the muscles or the muscles resistance to passive stretch during rest. Longlatency component of the stretch reflex in human. The stretch reflex and the contributions of c david marsden. The role of the muscle spindle and the stretch reflex core. This is the bodys safety measure to prevent serious damage from occurring to the muscles and tendons.
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