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Edith Cowan University

2008

Motor ability -- Physiological aspects

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Modulation Of Corticomotor Excitability During Passive And Active Wrist Flexion And Extension, Lilian Min Yen Chye Jan 2008

Modulation Of Corticomotor Excitability During Passive And Active Wrist Flexion And Extension, Lilian Min Yen Chye

Theses : Honours

Various mechanisms may alter corticomotor excitability to agonist and antagonist muscles during passive and active limb movement depending on parameters of movement and their functional role. A better understanding of these relationships is important for understanding basic motor control mechanisms, and may be relevant to motor rehabilitation programs after brain injury. The purpose of the present study was to compare changes in corticomotor excitability to wrist flexor and extensor muscles during different phases of movement (flexion/extension), and at rest and during actively or passively-mediated length changes. Motor evoked potentials (MEP) of the flexor carpi radialis (FCR) and extensor carpi radialis …