Changes in corticomotor excitability of hand muscles in relation to static shoulder positions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 374-382

  Ginanneschi, F ^a   Del Santo, F ^a   Dominici, F ^a   Gelli, F ^a   Mazzocchio, R ^a   Rossi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticospinal pathway; Input output properties; Proximal distal arm influences; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SHOULDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 15044359854     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2084-x     Document Type: Article

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