Reliability of the functional measures of the corticospinal pathways to dorsiflexor muscles during maximal voluntary contractions

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue , 2016, Pages 368-374

  Souron, Robin ^a   Farabet, Adrien ^a   Millet, Guillaume Y ^b   Lapole, Thomas ^a  

^a Univ Lyon University Jean Monnet Saint Etienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boltzmann modelling; Cortical voluntary activation; Corticospinal excitability; Tibialis anterior; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSPINAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986267662     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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