Motor imagery and electrical stimulation reproduce corticospinal excitability at levels similar to voluntary muscle contraction

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kaneko, Fuminari ^a   Hayami, Tatsuya ^a,b   Aoyama, Toshiyuki ^a,c   Kizuka, Tomohiro ^d  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Electrical stimulation; Motor imagery; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REHABILITATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905251041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-94     Document Type: Article

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