Outlasting corticomotor excitability changes induced by 25 Hz whole-hand mechanical stimulation

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3051-3059

  Christova, Monica ^a   Rafolt, Dietmar ^b   Golaszewski, Stefan ^c   Gallasch, Eugen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Motor cortex excitability; Neuroplasticity; Somatosensory stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Vibration exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84855655433     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-1933-0     Document Type: Article

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