Reliability of single and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation in the vastus lateralis muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 605-615

  O'Leary, Thomas J ^a   Morris, Martyn G ^a   Collett, Johnny ^a   Howells, Ken ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Knee extensors; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPH; ELECTROMYOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942195643     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24584     Document Type: Article

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