Muscular responses during motor imagery as a function of muscle contraction types

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Guillot, A ^a   Lebon, F ^a   Rouffet, D ^a   Champely, S ^a   Doyon, J ^b   Collet, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Motor imagery; Muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34548435132     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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