Balance training and ballistic strength training are associated with task-specific corticospinal adaptations

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2007-2018

  Schubert, M ^a,b   Beck, S ^a,c   Taube, W ^b   Amtage, F ^b   Faist, M ^b   Gruber, M ^b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Plasticity; Posture; TMS; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 42049117610     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06186.x     Document Type: Article

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