Motor imagery and cortico-spinal excitability: A review

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 317-324

  Grosprêtre, Sidney ^a   Ruffino, Célia ^a   Lebon, Florent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

motor control; neuroscience; performance; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84961188681     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1024756     Document Type: Review

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