Specific modulation of corticospinal and spinal excitabilities during maximal voluntary isometric, shortening and lengthening contractions in synergist muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2901-2916

  Duclay, Julien ^a,b,c   Pasquet, Benjamin ^a   Martin, Alain ^c   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY LENGTHENING CONTRACTION; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY SHORTENING CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL EXCITABILITY; TIBIAL NERVE; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957821054     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.207472     Document Type: Article

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