Control of wrist position and muscle relaxation by shifting spatial frames of reference for motoneuronal recruitment: Possible involvement of corticospinal pathways

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1551-1570

  Raptis, Helli ^a,b   Burtet, Liziane ^a,b   Forget, Robert ^a,b   Feldman, Anatol G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 77952900388     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.186858     Document Type: Article

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