Comparison of transcranial magnetic stimulation measures obtained at rest and under active conditions and their reliability

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Ngomo, Suzy ^a,b   Leonard, Guillaume ^a,b   Moffet, Hélène ^a,b   Mercier, Catherine ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMT; Center of gravity; Motor maps; Muscle contraction; Reliability; RMT; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855894302     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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