The effect of strength training on the force of twitches evoked by corticospinal stimulation in humans

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-173

  Carroll, T J ^a,b   Barton, J ^a   Hsu, M ^a   Lee, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Muscle strength; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949157440     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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