Muscle dependency of corticomuscular coherence in upper and lower limb muscles and training-related alterations in ballet dancers and weightlifters

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1086-1095

  Ushiyama, Junichi ^a,b   Takahashi, Yuji ^b   Ushiba, Junichi ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Electromyogram; Muscle; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DANCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEG; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DANCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149306087     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00869.2009     Document Type: Article

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