Cortical and spinal modulation of antagonist coactivation during a submaximal fatiguing contraction in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 554-563

  Lévénez, Morgan ^a   Garland, S Jayne ^b   Klass, Malgorzata ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 39149122133     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00963.2007     Document Type: Article

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