Vestibulospinal Tract

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Muscle stretch reflex / tone

The vestibulospinal tract (VST) originates from the lateral vestibular nucleus (Deiter’s nucleus) has facilitatory impact on the muscle stretch reflex.

Medial Vestibulospinal tract

Positioning of Head and Neck

lateral Vestibulospinal Tract

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Ganguly J, Kulshreshtha D, Almotiri M, Jog M. Muscle Tone Physiology and Abnormalities. Toxins. 2021;13(4):282. doi:10.3390/toxins13040282
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O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk GD, eds. Physical Rehabilitation. 7th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019.

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