Reliability of cortical and spinal excitability during muscle lengthening and shortening contractions in healthy humans

Tallent, Jamie, Goodall, Stuart, Hortobágyi, Tibor, French, Duncan, St Clair Gibson, Alan and Howatson, Glyn (2012) Reliability of cortical and spinal excitability during muscle lengthening and shortening contractions in healthy humans. Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 44 (s2). p. 634. ISSN 0195-9131

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Abstract

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) are methods commonly used in combination to assess plasticity of the central and peripheral nervous systems, respectively. Despite the continuous fluctuations within the central nervous system, studies using TMS and PNS have reported reliable cortical and spinal responses during isometric contractions. Plastic changes rapidly occur, even after one practice session (Selvanayagam et al., 2011), thus, it is critical to assess the stability of such measures during dynamic contractions.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	C600 Sports Science
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Depositing User:	Users 6424 not found.
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2013 09:40
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 15:29
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/14131

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