Effects of low-frequency whole-body vibration on motor-evoked potentials in healthy men

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-116

  Mileva, Katya N ^a   Bowtell, Joanna L ^a   Kossev, Andon R ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATIC EXERCISE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 58149109092     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.042689     Document Type: Article

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