Short-term effects of integrated motor imagery practice on muscle activation and force performance

Neuroscience

Volumn 305, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-156

  Di Rienzo, F ^a   Blache, Y ^a,b   Kanthack, T F D ^a,c   Monteil, K ^a   Collet, C ^a   Guillot, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Force development; Mental practice; Rehabilitation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ELBOW; FEMALE; INNERVATION; LEARNING; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RESISTANCE TRAINING; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954210047     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.080     Document Type: Article

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