ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2021
Corticospinal and spinal adaptations to motor skill and resistance training: Potential mechanisms and implications for motor rehabilitation and athletic development.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Corticospinal and spinal adaptations following lower limb motor skill training: a meta-analysis with best evidence synthesis.Experimental brain research · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Resistance Training on Motor Unit Firing Properties: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Anodal tDCS improves neuromuscular adaptations to short-term resistance training of the knee extensors in healthy individuals.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Trial
- High-Intensity Exercise Performance as a Complex Adaptive System: An Integrative Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Differential motor unit firing rate and hypertrophic adaptations of the vastus lateralis despite similar strength increases following high-load versus combined high- and low-load resistance training interventions.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- Enhanced Brain Connectivity Following Six Weeks of Upper Extremity Offset Loading in Neurotypical Adults-A Preliminary Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Targeting Lifestyle in CNS Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases: Insights from Diet and Exercise as Potential Disease Modifiers.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Eccentric training at long muscle lengths induces greater corticospinal and spinal reflex plasticity than eccentric training at short muscle lengths.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Evaluating Differential Basic Resistive Skills Training Effects on Sprint, Jump, and Agility in Young Basketball Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Development and Implementation of a Core Training Protocol: Effects on Muscle Activation, Hypertrophy, Balance, and Quality of Life in Recreationally Active Adults.Methods and protocols · 2025Article
- Neurosciences and Sports Rehabilitation in ACLR: A Narrative Review on Winning Alliance Strategies and Connecting the Dots.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Exercises and Brain Stimulation to Preserve Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Expiratory Musculature Targeted Resistance Training Modulates Neural Connections During Swallowing Tasks: Preliminary fMRI Evidence.Neural plasticity · 2025Review
- Relation between motor competence and academic achievement: The mediating role of fitness and cognition in boys and girls.PloS one · 2025Article
- Corticospinal and spinal responses following a single session of lower limb motor skill and resistance training.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Effects of Tempo-Controlled Resistance Training on Corticospinal Tract Plasticity in Healthy Controls: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Acute hypoalgesic, neurophysiological and perceptual responses to low-load blood flow restriction exercise and high-load resistance exercise.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Comparison of low-dose maximal-intent versus controlled-tempo resistance training on quality-of-life, functional capacity, and strength in untrained healthy adults: a comparative effectiveness study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Assessment Tools Measuring Fundamental Movement Skills of Primary School Children: A Narrative Review in Methodological Perspective.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Does the reticulospinal tract mediate adaptation to resistance training in humans?Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Optimal strategies for enhancing strength and improving motor skills are vital in athletic performance and clinical rehabilitation. Initial increases in strength and the acquisition of new motor skills have long been attributed to neurological adaptations. However, early increases in strength may be predominantly due to improvements in inter-muscular coordination rather than the force-generating capacity of the muscle. Despite the plethora of research investigating neurological adaptations from motor skill or resistance training in isolation, little effort has been made in consolidating this research to compare motor skill and resistance training adaptations. The findings of this review demonstrated that motor skill and resistance training adaptations show similar short-term mechanisms of adaptations, particularly at a cortical level. Increases in corticospinal excitability and a release in short-interval cortical inhibition occur as a result of the commencement of both resistance and motor skill training. Spinal changes show evidence of task-specific adaptations from the acquired motor skill, with an increase or decrease in spinal reflex excitability, dependant on the motor task. An increase in synaptic efficacy of the reticulospinal projections is likely to be a prominent mechanism for driving strength adaptations at the subcortical level, though more research is needed. Transcranial electric stimulation has been shown to increase corticospinal excitability and augment motor skill adaptations, but limited evidence exists for further enhancing strength adaptations from resistance training. Despite the logistical challenges, future work should compare the longitudinal adaptations between motor skill and resistance training to further optimise exercise programming.
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