Paradoxical effect of digital anaesthesia on force and corticospinal excitability

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-262

  Duque, Julie ^a   Vandermeeren, Yves ^a   Lejeune, Thierry M ^a,b   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Smith, Allan M ^c   Olivier, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Maximal voluntary contraction; Motor maps; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DEAFFERENTATION; DIGITAL ANESTHESIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; F WAVE PROBABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINGER; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEUS NERVE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 14944361145     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200502280-00011     Document Type: Article

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