Cortical and Spinal Excitability during and after Lengthening Contractions of the Human Plantar Flexor Muscles Performed with Maximal Voluntary Effort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hahn, Daniel ^a,b   Hoffman, Ben W ^b   Carroll, Timothy J ^b   Cresswell, Andrew G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINE; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; TORQUE;

EID: 84869138334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049907     Document Type: Article

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