Intermuscular coherence contributions in synergistic muscles during pedaling

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1907-1919

  De Marchis, Cristiano ^a   Severini, Giacomo ^b   Castronovo, Anna Margherita ^c   Schmid, Maurizio ^a   Conforto, Silvia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cycling; Intermuscular coherence; Muscle synergies; Neuromechanics; Surface electromyography; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANGLE PLANTAR FLEXOR; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GAMMA RHYTHM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMUSCULAR COHERENCE; INTERMUSCULAR SYNCHRONIZATION; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE COORDINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE SYNERGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LEG; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929842584     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4262-4     Document Type: Article

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