Central changes in muscle fatigue during sustained submaximal isometric voluntary contraction as revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-288

  Ljubisavljevic M ^a   Milanovic S ^a   Radovanovic S ^a   Vukcevic I ^a   Kostic V ^b   Anastasijevic R ^a  

^a Institute for Medical Research

^b University Clinical Center

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Muscle fatigue; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030221965     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95627-1     Document Type: Article

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