The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on perception of effort in an isolated isometric elbow flexion task

Motor Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-426

  Lampropoulou, Sofia I ^a   Nowicky, Alexander V ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0 10 NRS effort rating; Elbow flexors; Ergogenic action; MEPs; Perception of effort; Sensorimotor cortex; tDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84890024607     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.17.4.412     Document Type: Article

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