Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2017
The corticospinal responses of metronome-paced, but not self-paced strength training are similar to motor skill training.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Corticospinal effects and motor performance changes following resistance training in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of transcranial magnetic stimulation.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Corticospinal and spinal adaptations following lower limb motor skill training: a meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis.Experimental brain research · 2023Pooled it
- Determining the Sites of Neural Adaptations to Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Resistance training tempo selectively modulates corticospinal and reticulospinal excitability in humans.The Journal of physiology · 2026Trial
- Determining the cortical, corticospinal, and reticulospinal responses to metronome-paced and self-paced strength training.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Scapula-Focused Exercises With or Without Biofeedback and Corticospinal Excitability in Recreational Overhead Athletes With Shoulder Impingement.Journal of athletic training · 2024Trial
- Simultaneous transcranial and transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation to enhance athletic performance outcome in experienced boxers.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Tracking the corticospinal responses to strength training.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Trial
- The ipsilateral corticospinal responses to cross-education are dependent upon the motor-training intervention.Experimental brain research · 2018Trial
- Is there a threshold for use-dependent plasticity? A study of repeated motor skill training in the human lower limbs.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Novel evidence of age-related cortical and subcortical constraints in cross-education.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Age-related differences in corticospinal and reticulospinal adaptations to short-term strength training.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Transient effects in corticospinal and reticulospinal tract excitability induced by motor skill and isometric resistance training.Brain research · 2026Article
- Balance Training-Related Changes in Intracortical Inhibition and Symptom Severity in a Patient with Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Single-Case Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Acute effects of different resistance training intensities on creative thinking in university students.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Exercise synchronized with audible cues preserves motor unit action potential: a randomized control trial study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Reticulospinal and corticospinal responses in long-term strength-trained and untrained adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Corticospinal drive modulation to agonist and antagonist arm muscles following strength training and detraining.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Effects and mechanisms of resistance training on corticospinal adaptation.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeThe corticospinal responses to skill training may be different to strength training, depending on how the strength training is performed. It was hypothesised that the corticospinal responses would not be different following skill training and metronome-paced strength training (MPST), but would differ when compared with self-paced strength training (SPST).
methodsCorticospinal excitability, short-interval intra-cortical inhibition (SICI) and strength and tracking error were measured at baseline and 2 and 4 weeks. Participants (n = 44) were randomly allocated to visuomotor tracking, MPST, SPST or a control group.
resultsMPST increased strength by 7 and 18%, whilst SPST increased strength by 12 and 26% following 2 and 4 weeks of strength training. There were no changes in strength following skill training. Skill training reduced tracking error by 47 and 58% at 2 and 4 weeks. There were no changes in tracking error following SPST; however, tracking error reduced by 24% following 4 weeks of MPST. Corticospinal excitability increased by 40% following MPST and by 29% following skill training. There was no change in corticospinal excitability following 4 weeks of SPST. Importantly, the magnitude of change between skill training and MPST was not different. SICI decreased by 41 and 61% following 2 and 4 weeks of MPST, whilst SICI decreased by 41 and 33% following 2 and 4 weeks of skill training. Again, SPST had no effect on SICI at 2 and 4 weeks. There was no difference in the magnitude of SICI reduction between skill training and MPST.
conclusionsThis study adds new knowledge regarding the corticospinal responses to skill and MPST, showing they are similar but different when compared with SPST.
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