Corticospinal contribution to arm muscle activity during human walking

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 967-979

  Barthelemy, Dorothy ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; MOTOR CORTEX;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

EID: 77951764547     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185520     Document Type: Article

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