The term deep tendon reflex is often wrongfully used by many health workers and students to refer to this reflex. The reflex functions to maintain the muscle at a constant length. In the video where we went over the motor unit, we talked about lower motor neuron signs that can appear with abnormalities of the lower motor neurons. The stretch reflex is a type of reflex wherein the muscle contracts caused by the stimulation of the muscle proprioceptors. The stretch reflex (myotatic reflex), or more accurately 'muscle stretch reflex', is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. The postural muscles closely connected to the vertebral column on the side will stretch resulting in the muscle spindles causing those muscles to contract to correct posture. And for the muscle stretch reflex, the lower motor neurons make up the efferent part of the reflex that causes the response of contraction of the muscle that was stretched. For example, this reflex occurs is when a person is standing in an upright position then begins to lean on one side. What happens when you stretch When a muscle is stretched, involuntary myotatic reflexes (aka ‘the stretch reflex’) are triggered. The deep tendon reflex involves sensory neurons, interneurons. When you stretch a muscle, you are using leverage and/or gravity to apply a lengthening force to the muscle, which also pulls on the surrounding connective tissues (tendons, ligaments and fascia). Thus, one of the important functions of this reflex reaction is to maintain erect and proper body posture. Their function, like that of stretch reflexes, is the coordination of muscles and body movements. This facilitates the maintenance of muscle length in constant. Variables analyzed were jump height, digitized. When the muscle is stretched, the reflex reaction is to resist the stretching. A reflex is defined as an involuntary, unlearned, repeatable, automatic reaction to a specific stimulus which does not require input from the brain. Block was assessed using an average EMG response to tendon tap.
The stretch reflex is a type of reflex wherein the muscle contracts caused by the stimulation of the muscle proprioceptors. The human body has several reflexes and one of them is the stretch reflex. The response is innate and need not to be learned and the body acts accordingly without first thinking about what to do. In physiology, a reflex is an immediate involuntary response or a reaction to a stimulus. A reflex contraction of a muscle when the muscle proprioceptors (e.g.