Table 2.

A sample of peripheral nerves, the muscles they innervate, and selected studies of their H-reflexes. (See also [27, 28, 30, 34])

Nerve	Muscle
Tibial (posterior)	Soleus*, gastrocnemius [47–50], flexor digitorum brevis [51], semitendinosus [50, 52], abductor hallucis [53, 54]
Femoral	Quadriceps (vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, vastus medialis) [55–59]
Sciatic	Biceps femoris [50, 60, 61]
Peroneal	Peroneus longus [62–66], tibialis anterior [50, 67]
Median	Abductor pollicis brevis [68–71], flexor carpi radialis [50, 71–79], flexor digitorum superficialis [50, 68, 80]
Ulnar	Abductor digiti minimi [50, 69, 81], flexor carpi ulnaris [50, 81]
Radial	Extensor carpi radialis [71, 82], brachioradialis [50, 83, 84], extensor digitorum communis [67, 81]
Cervical (C3/C4)	Trapezius [85–87]
Musculocutaneous	Biceps brachii [81, 88]

*Many studies have examined the soleus H-reflex ([27] for review)