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

Jamie Tallent; Stuart Goodall; Tibor Hortobágyi; Duncan French; Alan St Clair Gibson; Glyn Howatson

doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000417529.22755.ed

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

Jamie Tallent, Stuart Goodall, Tibor Hortobágyi, Duncan French, Alan St Clair Gibson, Glyn Howatson

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	634
Journal	Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Volume	44
Issue number	s2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000417529.22755.ed
Publication status	Published - May 2012
Event	ACSM Annual Conference - San Francisco, California Duration: 1 May 2012 → …

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