Reduced short-interval intracortical inhibition after eccentric muscle damage in human elbow flexor muscles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 929-936

  Pitman, Bradley M ^a   Semmler, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Motor control; Motor cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866390332     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00361.2012     Document Type: Article

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