Modulatory effect of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation on skeletal muscle tone in healthy subjects: Stabilization of the elbow joint

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Struppler, Albrecht ^a   Angerer, Bernhard ^a   Gündisch, Christian ^a   Havel, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Joint stabilization; Muscle spindle; Neuromodulation; Postural component of motor tasks; Repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation; Sensorimotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX;

EID: 3142721270     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1817-6     Document Type: Article

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