The trapezius muscle uniquely lacks adaptive process in response to a repeated moderate cognitive stressor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Willmann, Magali ^a   Bolmont, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive process; EMG reactivity; Moderate cognitive stressor; Muscle tension; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855206620     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.073     Document Type: Article

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