Short-interval intracortical inhibition in knee extensors during locomotor cycling

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-201

  Sidhu, S K ^a   Cresswell, A G ^a   Carroll, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leg cycling; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870799185     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12004     Document Type: Article

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