TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of cortical and spinal excitability during muscle lengthening and shortening contractions in healthy humans
AU - Tallent, Jamie
AU - Goodall, Stuart
AU - Hortobágyi, Tibor
AU - French, Duncan
AU - St Clair Gibson, Alan
AU - Howatson, Glyn
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1249/01.mss.0000417529.22755.ed
DO - 10.1249/01.mss.0000417529.22755.ed
M3 - Article
SN - 0195-9131
VL - 44
SP - 634
JO - Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
JF - Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
IS - s2
T2 - ACSM Annual Conference
Y2 - 1 May 2012
ER -