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      Facilitation of motor evoked potentials after repetitive voluntary hand movements depends on the type of motor activity.

      Electroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology
      Adolescent, Adult, Conditioning (Psychology), physiology, Electric Stimulation, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Female, Hand, Humans, Magnetics, Male, Movement, Muscle, Skeletal, innervation, Physical Exertion, Volition

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          Recent neurophysiological studies suggest that repetitive execution of identical movements is crucial for motor learning. During and after repetitive motor action, changes in motor cortical excitability have been demonstrated by means of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Nevertheless, the frequency and intensity of movement repetition that are necessary to achieve an optimal improvement in motor function are unknown. Fourteen healthy volunteers participated in the present study, which deals with the post-exercise facilitatory and/or inhibitory effects of 5 different motor conditions, including repetitive isotonic contractions at the wrist at two different velocities and two different forearm positions, a sustained isometric hand extension and repetitive hand extensions at the wrist induced by means of transcutaneous electrical muscle stimulation. The modification of muscular response potentials in the extensor carpi radialis muscle was measured following the various motor tasks and the electrical muscle stimulation. The only statistically significant facilitatory effect was observed following an extension-relaxation task at low frequency. Furthermore, the duration of transcranially induced silent periods showed a significant reduction after this motor task.

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