Search Results - "Mazzocchio, R."
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Changes in coordination of postural control during dynamic stance in chronic low back pain patients
Published in Gait & posture (01-11-2006)“…The human postural system operates on the basis of integrated information from three independent sources: vestibular, visual and somatosensory. It is…”
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Kinematically Specific Interhemispheric Inhibition Operating in the Process of Generation of a Voluntary Movement
Published in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) (01-05-2005)“…Unilateral hand movements are accompanied by a transient decrease in corticospinal (CS) excitability of muscles in the opposite hand. However, the rules that…”
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Relationship between the modified Rankin Scale and the Barthel Index in the process of functional recovery after stroke
Published in NeuroRehabilitation (Reading, Mass.) (01-01-2012)“…The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and the Barthel Index (BI) are the most common clinimetrical instruments for measuring disability after stroke. This study…”
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Memory Formation in the Motor Cortex Ipsilateral to a Training Hand
Published in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) (01-06-2008)“…Cortical reorganization within the primary motor cortex (M1) contralateral to a practicing hand has been extensively investigated. The extent to which the…”
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Cortico-motoneuronal output to intrinsic hand muscles is differentially influenced by static changes in shoulder positions
Published in Experimental brain research (01-08-2005)“…We investigated whether shoulder position influenced the recruitment properties of the abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM) and first dorsal interosseous muscle…”
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Changes in corticomotor excitability of hand muscles in relation to static shoulder positions
Published in Experimental brain research (01-03-2005)“…We examined whether the recruitment properties of the corticospinal pathway to intrinsic hand muscles are influenced by variations of the shoulder joint angle…”
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A clinical maneuver to increase tremor differentiation between Parkinson disease and essential tremor
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Factors influencing the relation between corticospinal output and muscle force during voluntary contractions
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-06-2007)“…The mechanisms by which voluntary forces of different strengths are produced in human muscles are not clear. We studied the relation between force and surface…”
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Recurrence quantification analysis of surface EMG detects changes in motor unit synchronization induced by recurrent inhibition
Published in Experimental brain research (01-04-2007)“…The systemic injection of L-Acetylcarnitine (L-Ac) induces a reversible increase in recurrent inhibition. In addition, L-Ac potentiation of recurrent…”
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Changes in the recruitment curve of the soleus H-reflex associated with chronic low back pain
Published in Clinical neurophysiology (01-01-2007)“…Abstract Objective We investigated whether patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) manifest changes in the excitability of the soleus H-reflex. Methods…”
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Involvement of spinal recurrent inhibition in spasticity : Further insight into the regulation of Renshaw cell activity
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-06-1997)“…Changes in the excitability of the soleus H-reflex are were studied after oral administration of L-acetylcarnitine, a cholinomimetic substance, in eight…”
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Effect of chemically activated fine muscle afferents on spinal recurrent inhibition in humans
Published in Clinical neurophysiology (01-02-2003)“…Objective: To test the hypothesis that ‘metabolites released during fatiguing muscle contractions excite group III–IV muscle nociceptive afferents, inhibiting…”
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Motor unit synchronous firing as revealed by determinism of surface myoelectric signal
Published in Journal of neuroscience methods (15-07-2006)“…Information on motor strategies can be extracted from the surface electromyogram (EMG) by non-linear methods. The percentage of determinism (%DET) obtained…”
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Anticipatory control of impending postural perturbation in elite springboard divers
Published in European journal of applied physiology (01-12-2008)“…Among athletes, elite springboard divers (ED) should develop an optimal anticipatory control of postural stability, as a result of specific training. Postural…”
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Force estimation processing as a function of the input-output relationship of the corticospinal pathway in humans
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-09-2005)“…Static changes of the shoulder joint from 30° adduction (ANT) to 30° abduction (POST) in the horizontal plane reduce the gain of the input–output relationship…”
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Pharmacologically induced enhancement of recurrent inhibition in humans: effects on motoneurone discharge patterns
Published in The Journal of physiology (15-04-2003)“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of spinal recurrent inhibition on human motoneurone discharge patterns. The tonic discharge…”
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Is the human masticatory system devoid of recurrent inhibition?
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Effect of tonic voluntary activity on the excitability of human motor cortex
Published in The Journal of physiology (15-01-1994)“…1. The threshold for obtaining EMG responses after transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain is reduced by voluntary contraction of the target muscle. The…”
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