Modulation of corticospinal excitability during imagined knee movements

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 230-234

  Tremblay, F ^a   Tremblay, L E ^a   Colcer, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knee; Motor evoked potentials; Motor imagery; Quadriceps; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REST;

EID: 0034840102     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/165019701750419635     Document Type: Article

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