Kinesthetic imagery training of forceful muscle contractions increases brain signal and muscle strength

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Yao, Wan X ^a   Ranganathan, Vinoth K ^b   Allexandre, Didier ^c   Siemionow, Vlodek ^b   Yue, Guang H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Motor imagery training; Movement related cortical potential (MRCP); Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL MOTOR IMAGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INTERNAL MOTOR IMAGERY; KINESTHESIA; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT RELATED CORTICAL POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SCALP; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

EID: 84885035558     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00561     Document Type: Article

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