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Viscoelastic properties of the tongue and soft palate using MR elastography by Cheng, S, Gandevia, S.C, Green, M, Sinkus, R, Bilston, L.E

“…Abstract Biomechanical properties of the human tongue are needed for finite element models of the upper airway and may be important to elucidate the…”
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Big data vs accurate data in health research: Large-scale physical activity monitoring, smartphones, wearable devices and risk of unconscious bias by Brodie, M.A., Pliner, E.M., Ho, A., Li, Kalina, Chen, Z., Gandevia, S.C., Lord, S.R.

“…Fundamental to the advancement of scientific knowledge is unbiased, accurate and validated measurement techniques. Recent United Nations and landmark Nature…”
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Anatomical Changes in Human Motor Cortex and Motor Pathways following Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury by Wrigley, P.J., Gustin, S.M., Macey, P.M., Nash, P.G., Gandevia, S.C., Macefield, V.G., Siddall, P.J., Henderson, L.A.

“…A debilitating consequence of complete spinal cord injury (SCI) is the loss of motor control. Although the goal of most SCI treatments is to re-establish…”
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A new method for measuring passive length–tension properties of human gastrocnemius muscle in vivo by Hoang, P.D., Gorman, R.B., Todd, G., Gandevia, S.C., Herbert, R.D.

“…The study of muscle growth and muscle length adaptations requires measurement of passive length–tension properties of individual muscles, but until now such…”
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Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation to Augment Respiratory Function in Spinal Cord Injury by McCaughey, E J, Butler, J E, McBain, R A, Boswell-Ruys, C L, Hudson, A L, Gandevia, S C, Lee, B B

“…Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is the application of electrical pulses to a nerve to achieve a functional muscle contraction. Surface electrical…”
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Passive mechanical properties of gastrocnemius in people with multiple sclerosis by Hoang, P, Saboisky, J.P, Gandevia, S.C, Herbert, R.D

“…Abstract Background There is evidence to suggest that contractile properties of muscles in people with multiple sclerosis change as a consequence of…”
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Decreased input to the motor cortex increases motor cortical excitability by Todd, Gabrielle, Butler, Jane E., Gandevia, S.C., Taylor, Janet L.

“…Objective: To investigate whether a short-duration reduction of input to the motor cortex affects excitability in the hand region of the motor cortex. Methods:…”
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221 Structural changes associated with pain in spinal cord injured patients by Wrigley, P.J., Gustin, S.M., Nash, P.G., Macefield, V.G., Gandevia, S.C., Middleton, J.W., Siddall, P.J., Henderson, L.A.

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315 Movement imagery evokes pain in spinal cord injured patients by Gustin, S., Wrigley, P.J., Nash, P.G., Macefield, V.G., Gandevia, S.C., Cousins, M.J., Henderson, L.A., Siddall, P.J.

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Effects of real and imagined training on voluntary muscle activation during maximal isometric contractions by Herbert, R.D., Dean, C., Gandevia, S.C.

“…In this study we directly tested the hypothesis that isometric strength training increases voluntary drive to muscles. In addition, it was attempted to…”
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Sleep disorders and poor sleep are common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and are associated with fatigue and depression: a cross-sectional investigation in an unselected cohort of people with mild to moderately severe MS by Hensen, H.A., Toson, B., van Schooten, K.S., Lord, S.R., Gandevia, S.C., Krishnan, A.V., Eckert, D.J.

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Some Central and Peripheral Factors Affecting Human Motoneuronal Output in Neuromuscular Fatigue1 by Gandevia, S.C.

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Neuropathic pain and primary somatosensory cortex reorganization following spinal cord injury by Wrigley, P.J., Press, S.R., Gustin, S.M., Macefield, V.G., Gandevia, S.C., Cousins, M.J., Middleton, J.W., Henderson, L.A., Siddall, P.J.

“…The most obvious impairments associated with spinal cord injury (SCI) are loss of sensation and motor control. However, many subjects with SCI also develop…”
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Measurement of muscle contraction with ultrasound imaging by Hodges, P.W., Pengel, L.H.M., Herbert, R.D., Gandevia, S.C.

“…To investigate the ability of ultrasonography to estimate muscle activity, we measured architectural parameters (pennation angles, fascicle lengths, and muscle…”
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Prevalence of motor impairment in residents of New South Wales, Australia aged 55 years and over: cross-sectional survey of the 45 and Up cohort by Herbert, R D, Taylor, J L, Lord, S R, Gandevia, S C

“…The population prevalence of many diseases is known. However, little is known of the population prevalence of motor impairments. The aim of this study was to…”
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Gender differences in brain activity evoked by muscle and cutaneous pain: A retrospective study of single-trial fMRI data by Henderson, Luke A., Gandevia, S.C., Macefield, Vaughan G.

“…Gender greatly influences pain processing. Not only do females display greater pain sensitivity, many chronic pain conditions affect females more than males…”
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Somatotopic organization of the processing of muscle and cutaneous pain in the left and right insula cortex: A single-trial fMRI study by Henderson, L.A., Gandevia, S.C., Macefield, V.G.

“…The insula is involved in processing noxious information. It is consistently activated by acute noxious stimuli, can elicit pain on stimulation, and lesions…”
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Illusory movements produced by electrical stimulation of low-threshold muscle afferents from the hand by Gandevia, S C

“…There is continuing controversy as to the role of muscle afferents in kinaesthesia. Moberg (1983) has recently claimed that much of the evidence previously…”
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Reduction in perceived intensity of cutaneous stimuli during movement: a quantitative study by MILNE, R. J, ANISS, A. M, KAY, N. E, GANDEVIA, S. C

“…The effect of movement of the index finger on the perceived intensity of trains of electrical stimuli to the digital nerves of the same finger was studied…”
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Projection to the cerebral cortex from proximal and distal muscles in the human upper limb by Gandevia, S C, Burke, D

“…Motor-point stimulation using insulated microelectrodes has been used to assess the cerebral projection from a number of single muscles in the human upper…”
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