Pre-stimulus alpha rhythms are correlated with post-stimulus sensorimotor performance in athletes and non-athletes: A high-resolution EEG study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1711-1720

  Del Percio, Claudio ^a,b   Marzano, Nicola ^a,c   Tilgher, Stefania ^c   Fiore, Antonio ^d   Di Ciolo, Enrico ^d   Aschieri, Pierluigi ^e,f   Lino, Andrea ^e   Toràn, Giancarlo ^d   Babiloni, Claudio ^b,c   Eusebi, Fabrizio ^a,c,g  

^a Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Federazione Italiana di Scherma   (Italy)

^e Federazione Italiana Judo Lotta Karate ed Arti Marziali FIJLKAM   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythms; Audio visual flickering stimulation; Electroencephalography (EEG); Elite athletes; Sport science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORTS;

EID: 34447274816     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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