Dynamic increase in corticomuscular coherence during bilateral, cyclical ankle movements

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yoshida, Takashi ^a,b   Masani, Kei ^a,b   Zabjek, Karl ^c   Chen, Robert ^d,e   Popovic, Milos R ^a,b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticomuscular coherence; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Locomotion; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 85018336097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00155     Document Type: Article

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