The effect of a contralateral contraction on maximal voluntary activation and central fatigue in elbow flexor muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-313

  Todd, Gabrielle ^a   Petersen, Nicolas T ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0038620455     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1379-7     Document Type: Article

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