The nociceptive withdrawal reflex does not adapt to joint position change and short-term motor practice [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2lr]
The nociceptive withdrawal reflex is a protective mechanism to mediate interactions within a potentially dangerous environment.The reflex is formed by action-based sensory encoding during the early post-natal developmental period, and it is unknown if the protective motor function of Blushes the nociceptive withdrawal reflex in the human upper-limb