RECIPROCAL INHIBITION
eciprocal inhibition
n : a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one
response by the occurrence of another response that is
mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response
might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked
anxiety [syn: reciprocal-inhibition therapy]
Reciprocal Inhibition
• The Lengthening Reaction: (previous subsection)
• What Happens When You Stretch: (beginning of section)
When an agonist contracts, in order to cause the desired motion, it usually forces the antagonists to relax (see section Cooperating Muscle Groups). This phenomenon is called reciprocal inhibition because the antagonists are inhibited from contracting. This is sometimes called reciprocal innervation but that term is really a misnomer since it is the agonists which inhibit (relax) the antagonists. The antagonists do not actually innervate (cause the contraction of) the agonists.
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