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ArticleJournal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology2018

Characterizing the corticomotor connectivity of the bilateral ankle muscles during rest and isometric contraction in healthy adults.

Charalambos C Charalambous, Jesse C Dean, DeAnna L Adkins, Colleen A Hanlon, Mark G Bowden

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Article in Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Charalambos C CharalambousDepartment of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: cccharalam@gmail.com.
Jesse C DeanDepartment of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA; Division of Physical Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
DeAnna L AdkinsDepartment of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Center for Biomedical Imaging, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Colleen A HanlonRalph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Center for Biomedical Imaging, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Mark G BowdenDepartment of Health Sciences and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA; Division of Physical Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.

Funding

Treating Depression and Enhancing Locomotor Recovery Post-strokeP20GM109040 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI KAUTZ, STEVEN A. · 2014 to 2024
$23.5M
Techniques DevelopmentP2CHD086844 · NICHD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI GEORGE, MARK S · 2015 to 2024
$12.7M
Augmentation of Locomotor Adaptation Post-StrokeIK2RX000787 · VA · RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BOWDEN, MARK G. · 2015 to 2017
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NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD086844NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109040RRD VA IK2 RX000787
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Abstract

The investigation of the corticomotor connectivity (CMC) to leg muscles is an emerging research area, and establishing reliability of measures is critical. This study examined the measurement reliability and the differences between bilateral soleus (SOL) and tibialis anterior (TA) CMC in 21 neurologically intact adults. Using single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), each muscle's CMC was assessed twice (7 ± 2 days apart) during rest and active conditions. CMC was quantified using a standardized battery of eight measures (4/condition): motor threshold during resting (RMT), motor evoked potential amplitude and latency (raw and normalized to height) in both conditions, contralateral silent period (CSP) during active. Using two reliability metrics (intraclass correlation coefficient and coefficient of variation of method error; good reliability: ≥0.75 and ≤15, respectively) and repeated-measures ANOVA, we investigated the reliability and Muscle X Body Side interaction. For both muscles, RMT, resting raw and normalized latencies, and active raw latency demonstrated good reliability, while CSP had good reliability only for TA. Amplitude did not demonstrate good reliability for both muscles. SOL CMC was significantly different from TA CMC for all measures but CSP; body side had no significant effect. Therefore, only certain measures may reliably quantify SOL and TA CMC while different CMC (except CSP) between SOL and TA suggests dissimilar corticospinal drive to each muscle regardless of the side.

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Evoked Potentials, MotorIsometric ContractionAdultAnkleFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalPyramidal TractsRestTranscranial Magnetic StimulationLower extremityNeuronavigationReliabilitySoleusTibialis anteriorTranscranial magnetic stimulation

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PMID29715530
PMCPMC6019189

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