The changes in spinal reciprocal inhibition during motor imagery in lower extremity
| Autor: | Eiji Shimizu, Yoko Takahashi, Hideto Nakayama, Kunitsugu Kondo, Michiyuki Kawakami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Test stimulus Dermatology Stimulus (physiology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Motor imagery Internal medicine Humans Ankle dorsiflexion Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Muscle Skeletal Electromyography business.industry Motor Cortex Reciprocal inhibition Neural Inhibition General Medicine Spine Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.anatomical_structure Lower Extremity Cardiology Neurology (clinical) Ankle business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Motor cortex |
| Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences. 42:3813-3820 |
| ISSN: | 1590-3478 1590-1874 |
| Popis: | Motor imagery (MI) is known to improve motor function through enhancement of motor cortex activity. Spinal reciprocal inhibition (RI) is modulated by motor cortex activity, and, therefore, MI may change RI. The aim of this study was to examine the changes in RI during MI involving the lower extremity. Spinal RI was measured from the tibialis anterior (TA) to the soleus (SOL). Eleven healthy adults participated in experiment 1. All participants performed the following three conditions, and RI was assessed during each condition: (1) resting condition; (2) MI of ankle dorsiflexion condition (MI-DF); and (3) MI of ankle plantarflexion condition (MI-PF). Twelve healthy adults participated in experiment 2. All participants performed the following two conditions, and RI was assessed before and after MI practice for 10 min: (1) resting condition and (2) MI-DF. The interval between the conditioning and test stimulus (inter-stimulus interval; ISI) was set at 0, 1, 2, or 3 ms and 20 ms. In experiment 1, RI during MI-PF was significantly decreased compared with that during resting with both stimulus intervals. RI during MI-DF showed no significant change compared with that during resting with both ISIs. In experiment 2, the difference between the rest condition and the MI-DF condition after the MI task with ISI of 20 ms was significantly higher than before the MI task. Our findings suggest that real-time changes in RI during MI involving the lower extremity may vary depending on the direction of motion and MI practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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