Bilateral knee extensor fatigue modulates force and responsiveness of the corticospinal pathway in the non-fatigued, dominant elbow flexors

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Šambaher, Nemanja ^a   Aboodarda, Saied Jalal ^a   Behm, David George ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Cross education; Crossover fatigue; Electromyography; Fatigue; Non local muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESPONSE TIME; REST; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957818878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00018     Document Type: Article

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