Corticospinal excitability for hand muscles during motor imagery of foot changes with imagined force level.

The object of this study was to clarify whether corticospinal excitability controlling hand muscles changes concurrently with increases in the imagined contraction level of foot dorsiflexion. Twelve participants performed actual and imagined dorsiflexion of their right foot at three different EMG le...

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Main Authors: Kouki Kato, Kazuyuki Kanosue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5619792?pdf=render