Effects of test H-reflex size on reciprocal inhibition in forearm muscles.

We studied effects of test H-reflex size on reciprocal Ia inhibition in forearm muscles. In both healthy control subjects and hemiplegic patients, the amount of Ia inhibition decreased as the test H-reflex size increased. It is possible that forearm reciprocal Ia inhibition in hemiplegics reported previously might be underestimated due to larger test H-reflexes used in the hemiplegics than in the controls.