Novel methods for quantifying neurophysiologic properties of the human lumbar paraspinal muscles

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Goss, David A ^a,b   Thomas, James S ^a,b   Clark, Brian C ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Electromyography; Erector spinae; Low back; Muscle; Stretch reflex; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; LATENT PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFLEX, STRETCH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650511577     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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