Neuromuscular Inhibition

Neuromuscular Inhibition: A reduction in neural drive, muscular activity, and or force output due to altered neuromuscular reflex. Alterations in the neuromuscular reflex may occur due to increases in muscle length (hypothesis: increased excitation threshold), altered reciprocal inhibition in response to increased agonist tone, and or alterations in joint motion (arthrokinematic inhibition). For example, in those exhibiting signs of cervical dysfunction and upper body dysfunction, the altered position of the scapula is in part the result of neuromuscular inhibition of the lower trapezius and serratus anterior.