Cortico-motoneuronal output to intrinsic hand muscles is differentially influenced by static changes in shoulder positions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-504

  Dominici, F ^a   Popa, T ^a   Ginanneschi, F ^a   Mazzocchio, R ^a   Rossi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SHOULDER; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 23044432600     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2270-5     Document Type: Article

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