Table 1. Summary of afferents showing reflex responses.
Unit no. | Unit type | Muscle | Digit | No. of spikes | Short-latency excitation(ms) | Short-latency inhibition(ms) | Long-latency excitation (ms) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FA I | FDS | II | 9718 | 20.8 | 74.5 | 113.9 |
2 | FA I | FDI | III | 1347 | 29.4 | 44.2 | 63.8 |
3 | SA II | Thenar | I | 2878 | 22.5 | — | — |
4 | SA II | Thenar | I | 7133 | 20.3 | — | — |
5 | SA II | FDI | I | 4121 | 24.8 | 54.3 | 58.9 |
6 | Ectopic | FDI | IV | 1702 | 41.1 | 60.0 | 93.1 |
7 | Ectopic | FDI | IV | 9027 | — | 46.3 | 78.8 |
8 | Cyclic SA II | Thenar | I nail | 1235 | 23.2 | — | — |
9 | Cyclic SA II | Thenar | I nail | 5542 | 26.5 | — | — |
10 | Cyclic SA II | FDI | II nail | 7405 | 15.2 | — | — |
11 | Cyclic SA II | FDS | II palm | 2097 | 73.8 | — | — |
Units arranged by afferent class. Number of spikes indicates the number of sweeps used in spike-triggered averaging.