Different cortical activation patterns during voluntary eccentric and concentric muscle contractions: An fMRI study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  Kwon, Yong Hyun ^a   Park, Ji Won ^b  

^a Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

concentric contraction; cortical activation pattern; Eccentric contraction; functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WRIST;

EID: 84863133909     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0701     Document Type: Article

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