Kinesthetic motor imagery and spinal excitability: The effect of contraction intensity and spatial localization

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1849-1856

  Cowley, Patrick M ^a   Clark, Brian C ^a   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H Reflex; Motor imagery; Spinal excitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL EXCITABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 45849144442     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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