Open AccessCorticospinal Modulations during Motor Imagery of Concentric, Eccentric, and Isometric Actions
Author(s) -
Sidney Grosprêtre,
Charalambos Papaxanthis,
Alain Martin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002218
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , concentric , eccentric , wrist , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , electromyography , medicine , anatomy , physical therapy , physics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
It is not known yet whether the neurophysiological specificity of eccentric, concentric, and isometric contractions can also be observed when these are mentally simulated. Therefore, our aim was to assess corticospinal excitability during motor imagery (MI) of different contraction types and to test whether a passive movement during MI could have additional effects.