Cortical brain activity is influenced by cadence in cyclists

Open Sports Sciences Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Hottenrott, Kuno ^a   Taubert, Marco ^b   Gronwald, Thomas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain waves; Central nervous system; Constant workload; Eeg; Movement frequency; Pedaling frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879156337     PISSN: 1875399X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X01306010009     Document Type: Article

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