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Cruz R, Tramontin AF, Oliveira AS, Caputo F, Denadai BS, Greco CC. Ischemic preconditioning increases spinal excitability and voluntary activation during maximal plantar flexion contractions in men. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2024; 34:e14591. [PMID: 38429941 DOI: 10.1111/sms.14591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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The enigmatic benefits of acute limb ischemic preconditioning (IP) in enhancing muscle force and exercise performance have intrigued researchers. This study sought to unravel the underlying mechanisms, focusing on increased neural drive and the role of spinal excitability while excluding peripheral factors. Soleus Hoffmann (H)-reflex /M-wave recruitment curves and unpotentiated supramaximal responses were recorded before and after IP or a low-pressure control intervention. Subsequently, the twitch interpolation technique was applied during maximal voluntary contractions to assess conventional parameters of neural output. Following IP, there was an increase in both maximum normalized force and voluntary activation (VA) for the plantar flexor group, with negligible peripheral alterations. Greater benefits were observed in participants with lower VA levels. Despite greater H-reflex gains, soleus volitional (V)-wave and sEMG amplitudes remained unchanged. In conclusion, IP improves muscle force via enhanced neural drive to the muscles. This effect appears associated, at least in part, to reduced presynaptic inhibition and/or increased motoneuron excitability. Furthermore, the magnitude of the benefit is inversely proportional to the skeletal muscle's functional reserve, making it particularly noticeable in under-recruited muscles. These findings have implications for the strategic application of the IP procedure across diverse populations.
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- Rogério Cruz
- Human Performance Laboratory, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus Rio Claro, Brazil
- Human Performance Research Group, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Human Performance Research Group, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Human Performance Laboratory, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Human Performance Laboratory, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Biosciences Institute, Campus Rio Claro, Brazil
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Omofuma I, Carrera R, King-Ori J, Agrawal SK. The effect of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on the balance and neurophysiological characteristics of young healthy adults. WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES 2024; 5:e3. [PMID: 38486863 PMCID: PMC10936317 DOI: 10.1017/wtc.2023.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (TSCS) is gaining popularity as a noninvasive alternative to epidural stimulation. However, there is still much to learn about its effects and utility in assisting recovery of motor control. In this study, we applied TSCS to healthy subjects concurrently performing a functional training task to study its effects during a training intervention. We first carried out neurophysiological tests to characterize the H-reflex, H-reflex recovery, and posterior root muscle reflex thresholds, and then conducted balance tests, first without TSCS and then with TSCS. Balance tests included trunk perturbations in forward, backward, left, and right directions, and subjects' balance was characterized by their response to force perturbations. A balance training task involved the subjects playing a catch-and-throw game in virtual reality (VR) while receiving trunk perturbations and TSCS. Balance tests with and without TSCS were conducted after the VR training to measure subjects' post-training balance characteristics and then neurophysiological tests were carried out again. Statistical comparisons using t-tests between the balance and neurophysiological data collected before and after the VR training intervention found that the immediate effect of TSCS was to increase muscle activity during forward perturbations and to reduce balance performance in that direction. Muscle activity decreased after training and even more once TSCS was turned off. We thus observed an interaction of effects where TSCS increased muscle activity while the physical training decreased it.
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- Isirame Omofuma
- Mechanical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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McKinnon ML, Hill NJ, Carp JS, Dellenbach B, Thompson AK. Methods for automated delineation and assessment of EMG responses evoked by peripheral nerve stimulation in diagnostic and closed-loop therapeutic applications. J Neural Eng 2023; 20:10.1088/1741-2552/ace6fb. [PMID: 37437593 PMCID: PMC10445400 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ace6fb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Objective.Surface electromyography measurements of the Hoffmann (H-) reflex are essential in a wide range of neuroscientific and clinical applications. One promising emerging therapeutic application is H-reflex operant conditioning, whereby a person is trained to modulate the H-reflex, with generalized beneficial effects on sensorimotor function in chronic neuromuscular disorders. Both traditional diagnostic and novel realtime therapeutic applications rely on accurate definitions of the H-reflex and M-wave temporal bounds, which currently depend on expert case-by-case judgment. The current study automates such judgments.Approach.Our novel wavelet-based algorithm automatically determines temporal extent and amplitude of the human soleus H-reflex and M-wave. In each of 20 participants, the algorithm was trained on data from a preliminary 3 or 4 min recruitment-curve measurement. Output was evaluated on parametric fits to subsequent sessions' recruitment curves (92 curves across all participants) and on the conditioning protocol's subsequent baseline trials (∼1200 per participant) performed nearHmax. Results were compared against the original temporal bounds estimated at the time, and against retrospective estimates made by an expert 6 years later.Main results.Automatic bounds agreed well with manual estimates: 95% lay within ±2.5 ms. The resulting H-reflex magnitude estimates showed excellent agreement (97.5% average across participants) between automatic and retrospective bounds regarding which trials would be considered successful for operant conditioning. Recruitment-curve parameters also agreed well between automatic and manual methods: 95% of the automatic estimates of the current required to elicitHmaxfell within±1.4%of the retrospective estimate; for the 'threshold' current that produced an M-wave 10% of maximum, this value was±3.5%.Significance.Such dependable automation of M-wave and H-reflex definition should make both established and emerging H-reflex protocols considerably less vulnerable to inter-personnel variability and human error, increasing translational potential.
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., State University of New York at Albany, NY, USA
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- National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
- School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, NY, USA
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Caron G, Bilchak J, Marie-Pascale Côté. Bumetanide increases postsynaptic inhibition after chronic SCI and decreases presynaptic inhibition with step-training. J Physiol 2023; 601:1425-1447. [PMID: 36847245 PMCID: PMC10106440 DOI: 10.1113/jp283753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Current anti-spastic medication significantly compromises motor recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI), indicating a critical need for alternative interventions. Because a shift in chloride homeostasis decreases spinal inhibition and contributes to hyperreflexia after SCI, we investigated the effect of bumetanide, an FDA-approved sodium-potassium-chloride intruder (NKCC1) antagonist, on presynaptic and postsynaptic inhibition. We compared its effect with step-training as it is known to improve spinal inhibition by restoring chloride homeostasis. In SCI rats, a prolonged bumetanide treatment increased postynaptic inhibition but not presynaptic inhibition of the plantar H-reflex evoked by posterior biceps and semitendinosus (PBSt) group I afferents. By using in vivo intracellular recordings of motoneurons, we further show that a prolonged bumetanide increased postsynaptic inhibition by hyperpolarizing the reversal potential for inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) after SCI. However, in step-trained SCI rats an acute delivery of bumetanide decreased presynaptic inhibition of the H-reflex, but not postsynaptic inhibition. These results suggest that bumetanide might be a viable option to improve postsynaptic inhibition after SCI, but it also decreases the recovery of presynaptic inhibition with step-training. We discuss whether the effects of bumetanide are mediated by NKCC1 or by off-target effects. KEY POINTS: After spinal cord injury (SCI), chloride homeostasis is dysregulated over time in parallel with the decrease in presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents and postsynaptic inhibition of motoneurons, and the development of spasticity. While step-training counteracts these effects, it cannot always be implemented in the clinic because of comorbidities. An alternative intervention is to use pharmacological strategies to decrease spasticity without hindering the recovery of motor function with step-training. Here we found that, after SCI, a prolonged bumetanide (an FDA-approved antagonist of the sodium-potassium-chloride intruder, NKCC1) treatment increases postsynaptic inhibition of the H-reflex, and it hyperpolarizes the reversal potential for inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in motoneurons. However, in step-trained SCI, an acute delivery of bumetanide decreases presynaptic inhibition of the H-reflex, but not postsynaptic inhibition. Our results suggest that bumetanide has the potential to decrease spastic symptoms related to a decrease in postsynaptic but not presynaptic inhibition after SCI.
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- Guillaume Caron
- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129
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- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129
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- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19129
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Batista-Ferreira L, Rabelo NF, da Cruz GM, Costa JNDA, Elias LA, Mezzarane RA. Effects of voluntary contraction on the soleus H-reflex of different amplitudes in healthy young adults and in the elderly. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:1039242. [PMID: 36590063 PMCID: PMC9797586 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1039242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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A number of H-reflex studies used a moderate steady voluntary contraction in an attempt to keep the motoneuron pool excitability relatively constant. However, it is not clear whether the voluntary muscle activation itself represents a confounding factor for the elderly, as a few ongoing mechanisms of reflex modulation might be compromised. Further, it is well-known that the amount of either inhibition or facilitation from a given conditioning depends on the size of the test H-reflex. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of voluntary contraction over a wide range of reflex amplitudes. A significant reflex facilitation during an isometric voluntary contraction of the soleus muscle (15% of the maximal voluntary isometric contraction-MVC) was found for both young adults and the elderly (p < 0.05), regardless of their test reflex amplitudes (considering the ascending limb of the H-reflex recruitment curve-RC). No significant difference was detected in the level of reflex facilitation between groups for all the amplitude parameters extracted from the RC. Simulations with a computational model of the motoneuron pool driven by stationary descending commands yielded qualitatively similar amount of reflex facilitation, as compared to human experiments. Both the experimental and modeling results suggest that possible age-related differences in spinal cord mechanisms do not significantly influence the reflex modulation during a moderate voluntary muscle activation. Therefore, a background voluntary contraction of the ankle extensors (e.g., similar to the one necessary to maintain upright stance) can be used in experiments designed to compare the RCs of both populations. Finally, in an attempt to elucidate the controversy around changes in the direct motor response (M-wave) during contraction, the maximum M-wave (Mmax) was compared between groups and conditions. It was found that the Mmax significantly increases (p < 0.05) during contraction and decreases (p < 0.05) with age arguably due to muscle fiber shortening and motoneuron loss, respectively.
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- Leandra Batista-Ferreira
- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Goiás, Brazil
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- Neural Engineering Research Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil,Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Goiás, Brazil
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- Neural Engineering Research Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil,Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Goiás, Brazil,Postgraduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília, Brasília, Goiás, Brazil,*Correspondence: Rinaldo André Mezzarane,
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Skiadopoulos A, Pulverenti TS, Knikou M. Physiological effects of cathodal electrode configuration for transspinal stimulation in humans. J Neurophysiol 2022; 128:1663-1682. [PMID: 36416443 PMCID: PMC9762966 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00342.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Transspinal stimulation modulates neuronal excitability and promotes recovery in upper motoneuron lesions. The recruitment input-output curves of transspinal evoked potentials (TEPs) recorded from knee and ankle muscles, and their susceptibility to spinal inhibition, were recorded when the position, size, and number of the cathode electrode were arranged in four settings or protocols (Ps). The four Ps were the following: 1) one rectangular electrode placed at midline (KNIKOU-LAB4Recovery or K-LAB4Recovery; P-KLAB), 2) one square electrode placed at midline (P-2), 3) two square electrodes 1 cm apart placed at midline (P-3), and 4) one square electrode placed on each paravertebral side (P-4). P-KLAB and P-3 required less current to reach TEP threshold or maximal amplitudes. A rightward shift in TEP recruitment curves was evident for P-4, whereas the slope was increased for P-2 and P-4 compared with P-KLAB and P-3. TEP depression upon single and paired transspinal stimuli was pronounced in ankle TEPs but was less prominent in knee TEPs. TEP depression induced by single transspinal stimuli at 1.0 Hz was similar for most TEPs across protocols, but TEP depression induced by paired transspinal stimuli was different between protocols and was replaced by facilitation at 100-ms interstimulus interval for P-4. Our results suggest that P-KLAB and P-3 are preferred based on excitability threshold of motoneurons. P-KLAB produced more TEP depression, thereby maximizing the engagement of spinal neuronal pathways. We recommend P-KLAB to study neurophysiological mechanisms underlying transspinal stimulation or when used as a neuromodulation method for recovery in neurological disorders.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Transspinal stimulation with a rectangular cathode electrode (P-KLAB) requires less current to produce transspinal evoked potentials and maximizes spinal inhibition. We recommend P-KLAB for neurophysiological studies or when used as a neuromodulation method to enhance motor output and normalize muscle tone in neurological disorders.
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- Andreas Skiadopoulos
- Klab4Recovery Research Program, The City University of New York, New York, New York
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- Klab4Recovery Research Program, The City University of New York, New York, New York
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- Klab4Recovery Research Program, The City University of New York, New York, New York
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York
- PhD Program in Biology and Collaborative Neuroscience Program, Graduate Center of The City University of New York and College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York
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William L, Azevedo-Coste C, Fattal C, Guiraud D. Influence of the H-reflex on the selectivity of recruitment using multi-contact epineural stimulation of the median nerve in a participant with complete tetraplegia. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022; 2022:5089-5093. [PMID: 36085848 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Multi-contact epineural electrical stimulation is a technique that can be used to restore grip movements in people with complete tetraplegia. However, neural stimulation can induce undesired H-reflex. This reflex is known to induce a global lower recruitment threshold together with a steepest recruitment curve leading to a degraded selective response. In this study, during stimulation of the median nerve using a multi-contact cuff electrode, a H-reflex response was observed for one muscle (the pronator teres i.e. PT) among the five recorded. As both M-wave and H-wave were separately recorded, we compared the changes of recruitment, recruitment order and se-lectivity with and without the H-reflex and found that blocking the reflex would have enhance the selectivity and increase the range of the intensity amplitude while providing a higher level of gripping force. Thus, blocking H-reflex is an important issue to further enhance epineural multicontact selective stimulation.
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Pearcey GEP, Smith LA, Sun Y, Zehr EP. 1894 revisited: Cross-education of skilled muscular control in women and the importance of representation. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0264686. [PMID: 35298508 PMCID: PMC8929574 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
In 1894 foundational work showed that training one limb for “muscular power” (i.e. strength) or “muscular control” (i.e. skill) improves performance in both limbs. Despite that the original data were exclusively from two female participants (“Miss Smith” and “Miss Brown”), in the decades that followed, such “cross-education” training interventions have focused predominantly on improving strength in men. Here, in a female cohort, we revisit that early research to underscore that training a task that requires precise movements in a timely fashion (i.e. “muscular control”) on one side of the body is transferred to the contralateral untrained limb. With unilateral practice, women reduced time to completion and the number of errors committed during the commercially available game of Operation® Iron Man 2 with both limbs. Modest reductions in bilateral Hoffmann (H-) reflex excitability evoked in the wrist flexors suggest that alterations in the spinal cord circuitry may be related to improvements in performance of a fine motor task. These findings provide a long overdue follow-up to the efforts of Miss Theodate L. Smith from more than 125 years ago, highlight the need to focus on female participants, and advocate more study of cross-education of skilled tasks.
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- Gregory E P Pearcey
- Department of Physiology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America.,Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Sensory enhancement of warm-up amplifies subsequent grip strength and cycling performance. Eur J Appl Physiol 2022; 122:1695-1707. [PMID: 35471257 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-022-04952-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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PURPOSE In sport and exercise, warm-ups induce various physiological changes that facilitate subsequent performance. We have shown that delivering patterned stimulation to cutaneous afferents during sprint cycling mitigates fatigue-related decrements in performance, and that repeated sensory stimulation amplifies spinal reflex excitability. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess whether sensory enhancement of warm-up would affect subsequent high-intensity arm cycling performance. METHODS Participants completed three experimental sessions, in which they randomly performed either a control, stim, or sleeve warm-up condition prior to maximal duration arm cycling. During the control condition, warmup consisted of low-intensity arm cycling for 15 min. The stim condition was the same, except they received alternating pulses (400 ms, 50 Hz) of stimulation just above their perceptual threshold to the wrists during warm-up. The third condition required participants to wear custom fabricated compression sleeves around the elbow during warm-up. Grip strength and spinal reflex excitability were measured before and after each warm-up and fatigue protocol, which required participants to arm cycle at 85% of peak power output until they reached volitional fatigue. Peak power output was determined during an incremental test at minimum 72 h prior to the first session. RESULTS Both sensory enhanced warm-up conditions amplified subsequent high-intensity arm cycling performance by ~ 30%. Additionally, the stim and sleeve warm-up conditions yielded improvements in grip strength (increased by ~ 5%) immediately after the sensory enhanced warm-ups. Ergogenic benefits from the sensory enhanced warm-up conditions did not differ between one another. CONCLUSION These findings demonstrate that enhanced sensory input during warm-up can elicit improvements in both maximal and submaximal performance measures.
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Ko J, Comuzzi M. Keeping our rivers clean: Information-theoretic online anomaly detection for streaming business process events. INFORM SYST 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2021.101894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Bertschinger R, Giboin LS, Gruber M. Endurance Trained Athletes Do Not per se Have Higher Hoffmann Reflexes Than Recreationally Active Controls. Front Physiol 2021; 12:736067. [PMID: 34867445 PMCID: PMC8633408 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.736067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The impact of endurance training on spinal neural circuitries remains largely unknown. Some studies have reported higher H-reflexes in endurance trained athletes and therefore, adaptations within the Ia afferent pathways after long term endurance training have been suggested. In the present study we tested the hypothesis that cyclists (n = 12) demonstrate higher Hoffmann reflexes (H-reflexes) compared to recreationally active controls (n = 10). Notwithstanding, highly significant differences in endurance performance (VO2peak: 60.6 for cyclists vs. 46.3 ml/min/kg for controls (p < 0.001) there was no difference in the size of the SOL H-reflex between cyclists and controls (Hmax/Mmax ratio 61.3 vs. 60.0%, respectively (p = 0.840). Further analyses of the H and M recruitment curves for SOL revealed a significant steeper slope of the M recruitment curve in the group of cyclists (76.2 ± 3.8° vs. 72.0 ± 4.4°, p = 0.046) without a difference in the H-recruitment curve (84.6 ± 3.0° vs. 85.0 ± 2.8°, p = 0.784) compared to the control group. Cycling is classified as an endurance sport and thus the findings of the present study do not further support the assumption that long-term aerobic training leads to a general increase of the H-reflex. Amongst methodological differences in assessing the H-reflex, the training-specific sensorimotor control of the endurance sport itself might differently affect the responsiveness of spinal motoneurons on Ia-afferent inputs.
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- Raphael Bertschinger
- Human Performance Research Centre, Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Human Performance Research Centre, Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Human Performance Research Centre, Department of Sport Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Marshall PW, Melville GW, Cross R, Marquez J, Harrison I, Enoka RM. Fatigue, pain, and the recovery of neuromuscular function after consecutive days of full-body resistance exercise in trained men. Eur J Appl Physiol 2021; 121:3103-3116. [PMID: 34350481 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-021-04777-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE This study measured the self-reported level of fatigue, pain, and neuromuscular function of the knee extensor muscles over a three-day period that included two consecutive days of full-body resistance exercises. METHODS 10 resistance-trained men performed two consecutive days of full-body resistance exercise. Muscle activation (electromyography and voluntary activation), contractility, and presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents (homosynaptic and GABA mediated presynaptic inhibition) for the quadriceps were examined from femoral and posterior tibial nerve stimulation. RESULTS Fatigue and pain were elevated after Day 1, and were not reduced to pre-exercise levels at the start of Day 2 (p < 0.05). Maximal voluntary torque (- 51.4 Nm, 95% CI = 12.4-90.4 Nm, p = 0.005) and rate of torque development (- 469 Nm.s-1, 95% CI = 109-829 Nm.s-1, p = 0.006) were reduced after Day 1, had recovered by Day 2, and did not change after the second training session. The maximal amplitude and rate of rise for the quadriceps twitch were reduced after both training sessions (p < 0.01), with recovery 24 h each session. The maximal amplitude and rate of early muscle activation were reduced after Day 1 (p < 0.01), but no changes were observed for voluntary activation, H-reflex size and shape, or measures of Ia presynaptic inhibition. CONCLUSION Resistance exercise in the presence of elevated fatigue and pain from a previous training session does not worsen recovery, or lead to significant alterations in quadriceps neuromuscular function. Reduction in muscle contractility, in the absence of declines in muscle activation, does not lead to decreased voluntary torque.
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- Paul W Marshall
- Human Performance Laboratory, School of Health Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia. .,Department of Exercise Science, University of Auckland, Building 907, Newmarket, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand.
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- Faculty of Science, Medicine, and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Human Performance Laboratory, School of Health Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- Human Performance Laboratory, School of Health Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- Human Performance Laboratory, School of Health Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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Mendonca GV, Vila-Chã C, Teodósio C, Goncalves AD, Freitas SR, Mil-Homens P, Pezarat-Correia P. Contralateral training effects of low-intensity blood-flow restricted and high-intensity unilateral resistance training. Eur J Appl Physiol 2021; 121:2305-2321. [PMID: 33982187 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-021-04708-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Determine whether unilateral low-intensity blood-flow restricted (LIBFR) exercise is as effective as high-intensity (HI) resistance training for improving contralateral muscle strength. METHODS Thirty healthy adults (20-30 years) were randomly allocated to the following dynamic plantar-flexion training interventions: HI [75% of one-repetition maximum (1RM), 4 sets, 10 reps] and LIBFR [20% of 1RM, 4 sets, 30 + 15 + 15 + 15 reps]. Evoked V-wave and H-reflex recruitment curves, as well as maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and panoramic ultrasound assessments of the trained and untrained soleus muscles were obtained pre-training, post-4 weeks of training and post-4 weeks of detraining. RESULTS Both interventions failed to increase contralateral MVC and muscle cross-sectional area (CSA). Yet, contralateral rate of torque development (RTD) was enhanced by both regimens (12-26%) and this was accompanied by heightened soleus EMG within the first milliseconds of the rising torque-time curve (14-22%; p < 0.05). These improvements were dissipated after detraining. Contralateral adaptations were not accompanied by changes in V-wave or H-reflex excitability. Conversely, LIBFR and HI elicited a similar magnitude of ipsilateral increase in MVC, RTD and CSA post-training (10-18%). Improvements in V-wave amplitude and soleus EMG were limited to the trained leg assigned to LIBFR training (p < 0.05). While gains in strength and CSA remained preserved post-4 weeks of detraining, this did not occur with RTD. CONCLUSION Since gains in RTD were similar between interventions, our findings indicate that both training regimens can be used interchangeably for improving contralateral rapid torque production. Ultimately, this may be beneficial in circumstances of limb immobilization after injury or surgery.
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- Goncalo V Mendonca
- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal. .,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1499-002, Dafundo, Portugal.
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- Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Av. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, n. 50, 6300-559, Guarda, Portugal.,Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila-Real, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1499-002, Dafundo, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1499-002, Dafundo, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada, 1499-002, Dafundo, Portugal
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Pulverenti TS, Zaaya M, Grabowski M, Grabowski E, Islam MA, Li J, Murray LM, Knikou M. Neurophysiological Changes After Paired Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation Coupled With Locomotor Training in Human Spinal Cord Injury. Front Neurol 2021; 12:627975. [PMID: 34040572 PMCID: PMC8141587 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.627975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Neurophysiological changes that involve activity-dependent neuroplasticity mechanisms via repeated stimulation and locomotor training are not commonly employed in research even though combination of interventions is a common clinical practice. In this randomized clinical trial, we established neurophysiological changes when transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex was paired with transcutaneous thoracolumbar spinal (transspinal) stimulation in human spinal cord injury (SCI) delivered during locomotor training. We hypothesized that TMS delivered before transspinal (TMS-transspinal) stimulation promotes functional reorganization of spinal networks during stepping. In this protocol, TMS-induced corticospinal volleys arrive at the spinal cord at a sufficient time to interact with transspinal stimulation induced depolarization of alpha motoneurons over multiple spinal segments. We further hypothesized that TMS delivered after transspinal (transspinal-TMS) stimulation induces less pronounced effects. In this protocol, transspinal stimulation is delivered at time that allows transspinal stimulation induced action potentials to arrive at the motor cortex and affect descending motor volleys at the site of their origin. Fourteen individuals with motor incomplete and complete SCI participated in at least 25 sessions. Both stimulation protocols were delivered during the stance phase of the less impaired leg. Each training session consisted of 240 paired stimuli delivered over 10-min blocks. In transspinal-TMS, the left soleus H-reflex increased during the stance-phase and the right soleus H-reflex decreased at mid-swing. In TMS-transspinal no significant changes were found. When soleus H-reflexes were grouped based on the TMS-targeted limb, transspinal-TMS and locomotor training promoted H-reflex depression at swing phase, while TMS-transspinal and locomotor training resulted in facilitation of the soleus H-reflex at stance phase of the step cycle. Furthermore, both transspinal-TMS and TMS-transspinal paired-associative stimulation (PAS) and locomotor training promoted a more physiological modulation of motor activity and thus depolarization of motoneurons during assisted stepping. Our findings support that targeted non-invasive stimulation of corticospinal and spinal neuronal pathways coupled with locomotor training produce neurophysiological changes beneficial to stepping in humans with varying deficits of sensorimotor function after SCI.
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- Timothy S Pulverenti
- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Biology and Collaborative Neuroscience Program, Graduate Center of the City University of New York and College of Staten Island, New York, NY, United States
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Ko J, Comuzzi M. Detecting anomalies in business process event logs using statistical leverage. Inf Sci (N Y) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2020.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Characterization of Motor-Evoked Responses Obtained with Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Stimulation from the Lower-Limb Muscles after Stroke. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11030289. [PMID: 33652677 PMCID: PMC7996860 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11030289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An increasing number of studies suggests that a novel neuromodulation technique targeting the spinal circuitry enhances gait rehabilitation, but research on its application to stroke survivors is limited. Therefore, we investigated the characteristics of spinal motor-evoked responses (sMERs) from lower-limb muscles obtained by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) after stroke compared to age-matched and younger controls without stroke. Thirty participants (ten stroke survivors, ten age-matched controls, and ten younger controls) completed the study. By using tSCS applied between the L1 and L2 vertebral levels, we compared sMER characteristics (resting motor threshold (RMT), slope of the recruitment curve, and latency) of the tibialis anterior (TA) and medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscles among groups. A single pulse of stimulation was delivered in 5 mA increments, increasing from 5 mA to 250 mA or until the subjects reached their maximum tolerance. The stroke group had an increased RMT (27–51%) compared to both age-matched (TA: p = 0.032; MG: p = 0.005) and younger controls (TA: p < 0.001; MG: p < 0.001). For the TA muscle, the paretic side demonstrated a 13% increased latency compared to the non-paretic side in the stroke group (p = 0.010). Age-matched controls also exhibited an increased RMT compared to younger controls (TA: p = 0.002; MG: p = 0.007), suggesting that altered sMER characteristics present in stroke survivors may result from both stroke and normal aging. This observation may provide implications for altered spinal motor output after stroke and demonstrates the feasibility of using sMER characteristics as an assessment after stroke.
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Magalhães IEJ, Burgo VC, Neto RB, Mezzarane RA. Changes in the input-output relation of the Hoffmann reflex recruitment curve after submaximal fatiguing contraction of the antagonist muscles. Somatosens Mot Res 2020; 38:54-59. [PMID: 33169647 DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2020.1845135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE The central nervous system adapts strategies to compensate the decreased motor capacities of a fatigued muscle. However, data on neurophysiological adaptations of muscles other than those under fatigue are scarce. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of submaximal fatiguing contraction (leading to a task failure) induced in ankle dorsiflexors muscles on the excitability of the Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex) of an ankle plantarflexor (soleus muscle). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-three physically active males (75.5 ± 8.3 kg; 1.77 ± 0.08 m; 27.0 ± 8.0 years) were asked to maintain the contraction level of the right ankle dorsiflexors at 60% of the maximal isometric voluntary contraction (MIVC). Task failure was defined when the force level dropped below 40% MIVC for 5 consecutive seconds. The input-output relation of the ascending limb of the recruitment curve of the soleus H-reflex was examined at 0 min, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min and 20 min after the task failure. RESULTS The amplitude parameter representing the first recruited motoneurons (threshold H-reflex - H@th) was significantly higher at 5 min, 10 min, 15 min and 20 min after task failure as compared to control (Hth) (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the parameter that represents the activation of the relatively higher threshold motoneurons (H@100) was reduced (as compared to control - H100), but only at 20 min after the task failure (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest differential reflex modulation of the soleus H-reflex after fatigue of the ankle dorsiflexors, that probably reflects neuronal adaptations underlying motor control around the ankle joint.
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- Igor E J Magalhães
- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Universidade de Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Universidade de Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Universidade de Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Universidade de Brasília-UnB, Brasília, Brazil
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Mendonca GV, Pezarat-Correia P, Gonçalves AD, Gomes M, Correia JM, Vila-Chã C. Sex differences in soleus muscle H-reflex and V-wave excitability. Exp Physiol 2020; 105:1928-1938. [PMID: 32886814 DOI: 10.1113/ep088820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? How do H-reflex and V-wave excitability compare between men and women engaging in similar levels of physical activity? What is the main finding and its importance? H-reflex excitability is lower in women than in men because of their greater level of antagonist co-activation during sustained plantar flexion isometric exercise. In addition, supraspinal drive is similar between men and women independently of their differences in H-reflex excitability and antagonist muscle co-activation. ABSTRACT We compared H-reflex and V-wave excitability between men and women engaging in similar levels of physical activity. We also explored whether differences in antagonist muscle co-activation between sexes might partially explain sexual dimorphism in the excitability of the H-reflex and V-wave. Fifty-seven young participants were included (29 men: 21.7 ± 2.3 years; 28 women: 22.4 ± 3.3 years). Soleus M- and H-recruitment curves were constructed on a tonic background muscle activation. V-waves were elicited during maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). Besides being stronger than women, men achieved greater Hmax /Mmax values and presented a steeper slope of the ascending limb of the H-reflex recruitment curve (P < 0.05). The current intensity required to elicit Hmax was lower for men (P < 0.05). The co-activation of the tibialis anterior muscle during the sustained plantar flexions was greater in women (ratio between tibialis and soleus normalized EMG: 20.5 vs. 8.3%, P < 0.05). Covariance analysis showed that sexual dimorphism in H-reflex excitability was dissipated when controlling for antagonist co-activation. V-wave normalized amplitude was similar between sexes even after controlling for the effects of Hmax /Mmax and antagonist co-activation as covariates. Thus, women exhibit lower H-reflex excitability than men and this is dependent on their higher level of antagonist muscle co-activation. While sex differences in antagonist co-activation persist during MVCs, this is not the case for V-wave normalized amplitude. Thus, although the efficacy of the transmission between Ia afferent fibres to α-motoneurons is lower in women because of a greater level of antagonist co-activation, our findings are consistent with similar supraspinal drive between sexes.
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- Goncalo V Mendonca
- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Lab, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal.,Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Research Center in Sports Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal
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Caron G, Bilchak JN, Côté MP. Direct evidence for decreased presynaptic inhibition evoked by PBSt group I muscle afferents after chronic SCI and recovery with step-training in rats. J Physiol 2020; 598:4621-4642. [PMID: 32721039 DOI: 10.1113/jp280070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Presynaptic inhibition is modulated by supraspinal centres and primary afferents in order to filter sensory information, adjust spinal reflex excitability, and ensure smooth movement. After spinal cord injury (SCI), the supraspinal control of primary afferent depolarization (PAD) interneurons is disengaged, suggesting an increased role for sensory afferents. While increased H-reflex excitability in spastic individuals indicates a possible decrease in presynaptic inhibition, it remains unclear whether a decrease in sensory-evoked PAD contributes to this effect. We investigated whether the PAD evoked by hindlimb afferents contributes to the change in presynaptic inhibition of the H-reflex in a decerebrated rat preparation. We found that chronic SCI decreases presynaptic inhibition of the plantar H-reflex through a reduction in PAD evoked by posterior biceps-semitendinosus (PBSt) muscle group I afferents. We further found that step-training restored presynaptic inhibition of the plantar H-reflex evoked by PBSt, suggesting the presence of activity-dependent plasticity of PAD pathways activated by flexor muscle group I afferents. ABSTRACT Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in the disruption of supraspinal control of spinal networks and an increase in the relative influence of afferent feedback to sublesional neural networks, both of which contribute to enhancing spinal reflex excitability. Hyperreflexia occurs in ∼75% of individuals with a chronic SCI and critically hinders functional recovery and quality of life. It is suggested that it results from an increase in motoneuronal excitability and a decrease in presynaptic and postsynaptic inhibitory mechanisms. In contrast, locomotor training decreases hyperreflexia by restoring presynaptic inhibition. Primary afferent depolarization (PAD) is a powerful presynaptic inhibitory mechanism that selectively gates primary afferent transmission to spinal neurons to adjust reflex excitability and ensure smooth movement. However, the effect of chronic SCI and step-training on the reorganization of presynaptic inhibition evoked by hindlimb afferents, and the contribution of PAD has never been demonstrated. The objective of this study is to directly measure changes in presynaptic inhibition through dorsal root potentials (DRPs) and its association with plantar H-reflex inhibition. We provide direct evidence that H-reflex hyperexcitability is associated with a decrease in transmission of PAD pathways activated by posterior biceps-semitendinosus (PBSt) afferents after chronic SCI. More precisely, we illustrate that the pattern of inhibition evoked by PBSt group I muscle afferents onto both L4-DRPs and plantar H-reflexes evoked by the distal tibial nerve is impaired after chronic SCI. These changes are not observed in step-trained animals, suggesting a role for activity-dependent plasticity to regulate PAD pathways activated by flexor muscle group I afferents.
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- Guillaume Caron
- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19129
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- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19129
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- Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19129
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Black SE, Follmer B, Mezzarane RA, Pearcey GEP, Sun Y, Zehr EP. Exposure to impacts across a competitive rugby season impairs balance and neuromuscular function in female rugby athletes. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med 2020; 6:e000740. [PMID: 32617174 PMCID: PMC7319707 DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Objectives We used objective assessment tools to detect subtle neurological deficits that accompany repetitive and mild head impacts in contact sport across a season. Methods Female participants (n=13, 21±1.8 years old; 167.6±6.7 cm; 72.8±6.1 kg) completed assessments pre and post the varsity rugby season. A commercial balance board was used to assess static balance and response to dynamic postural challenge. Spinal cord excitability via the soleus H-reflex was assessed in both legs. Video analysis was used to identify head impact exposures. Results A total of 172 potential concussive events were verified across 11 athletes (15.6±11; 95% CI: 6.5 to 19.8). Balance performance was worse at post-season for total centre of pressure which increased by 26% in the double stance on a stable surface (t(12)=-2.33; p=0.03; d=0.6) and by 140% in the tandem stance on a foam surface (t(12)=-3.43; p<0.01; d=0.9). Despite that, dynamic postural performance was improved after the season (p<0.01). Spinal cord excitability in rugby athletes did not change across the season but deviated from normative values at baseline. Conclusion Quantitative measures revealed that exposure to impacts across a competitive rugby season impair balance in two specific stances in female rugby athletes. Tandem-leg stance on an unstable surface and double-leg stance on firm surface are useful assessment conditions when performed over a low-cost balance board, even without clinically diagnosed concussion.
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- Stephanie E Black
- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Laboratory of Signal Processing and Motor Control, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Pearcey GEP, Zehr EP. Repeated and patterned stimulation of cutaneous reflex pathways amplifies spinal cord excitability. J Neurophysiol 2020; 124:342-351. [PMID: 32579412 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00072.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Priming with patterned stimulation of antagonist muscle afferents induces modulation of spinal cord excitability as evidenced by changes in group Ia reciprocal inhibition. When assessed transiently with a condition-test pulse paradigm, stimulating cutaneous afferents innervating the foot reduces Ia presynaptic inhibition and facilitates soleus Hoffmann (H)-reflex amplitudes. Modulatory effects (i.e., priming) of longer lasting sensory stimulation of cutaneous afferents innervating the foot have yet to be examined. As a first step, we examined how priming with 20 min of patterned and alternating stimulation between the left and right foot affects spinal cord excitability. During priming, stimulus trains (550 ms; consisting of twenty-eight 1-ms pulses at 51 Hz, 1.2 times the radiating threshold) were applied simultaneously to the sural and plantar nerves of the ankle. Stimulation to the left and right ankle was out of phase by 500 ms. We evoked soleus H-reflexes and muscle compound action potentials (M waves) before and following priming stimulation to provide a proxy measure of spinal cord excitability. H-reflex and M-wave recruitment curves were recorded at rest, during brief (<2 min) arm cycling, and with sural conditioning [train of five 1-ms pulses at 2 times the radiating threshold (RT) with a condition-test interval (C-T) = 80 ms]. Data indicate an increase in H-reflex excitability following priming via patterned sensory stimulation. Transient sural conditioning was less effective following priming, indicating that the increased excitability of the H-reflex is partially attributable to reductions in group Ia presynaptic inhibition. Sensory stimulation to cutaneous afferents, which enhances spinal cord excitability, may prove useful in both rehabilitation and performance settings.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Priming via patterned stimulation of the nervous system induces neuroplasticity. Yet, accessing previously known cutaneous reflex pathways to alter muscle reflex excitability has not yet been examined. Here, we show that sensory stimulation of the cutaneous afferents that innervate the foot sole can amplify spinal cord excitability, which, in this case, is attributed to reductions in presynaptic inhibition.
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- Gregory E P Pearcey
- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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D Gonçalves A, Teodosio C, Pezarat-Correia P, Vila-Chã C, V Mendonca G. Effects of acute sleep deprivation on H reflex and V wave. J Sleep Res 2020; 30:e13118. [PMID: 32567138 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The impact of sleep deprivation on muscular strength and power remains poorly understood. We aimed to determine the acute effects of 24 hr of sleep deprivation on H-reflex and V-wave excitability. Fourteen healthy young adults (eight men, six women) were included. Participants visited the laboratory on two different occasions, without and with 24 hr of sleep deprivation. In each session, participants were tested for maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of the plantar flexors and dorsiflexors, soleus H- and M-recruitment curves, and evoked V wave, as well as tibialis anterior/soleus electromyographic co-activation. Twenty-four hours of sleep deprivation did not affect either plantarflexion MVC or soleus electromyographic normalized amplitude (p > .05). Moreover, H-reflex and V-wave peak-to-peak normalized amplitude did not change with sleep deprivation (p > .05). Conversely, we obtained a significant increase in antagonist/agonist level of co-activation during MVC post-sleep deprivation (6.2 ± 5.2%, p < .01). In conclusion, we found that H-reflex and V-wave responses are well preserved after 24 hr of sleep deprivation, revealing that descending neural drive and/or modulation in Ia afferent input remains largely unaffected under these circumstances. Yet, sleep deprivation affects motor control by exacerbating the magnitude of antagonist/agonist co-activation during forceful muscle contractions and this is novel.
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- André D Gonçalves
- Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal
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- Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal.,Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila-Real, Portugal
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- Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal.,CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Dafundo, Portugal
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Modulation of spinal cord excitability following remote limb ischemic preconditioning in healthy young men. Exp Brain Res 2020; 238:1265-1276. [PMID: 32303809 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05807-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Remote limb ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) has shown to improve dynamic postural control in humans. However, studies on the underlying adaptations of spinal cord networks have never been performed. The present work addresses this issue by investigating parameters from the soleus H-reflex recruitment curve (RC), presynaptic mechanisms of reflex modulation (presynaptic inhibition-PSI, and post activation depression-PAD), and the excursion of the center of pressure (CP) recorded during 1 min in upright stance over a compliant surface. A sham ischemic protocol (partial obstruction of blood flow) was applied to the contralateral thigh along four consecutive days. The same procedure was repeated with full obstruction (RIPC) three days after ending the sham protocol. Data were collected before and after both sham and RIPC protocols. The follow-up data were collected five days after the last ischemic intervention. Significant reduction was detected for both the fast oscillations of the CP (higher frequency components) and the parameter estimated from the RC corresponding to the high amplitude H-reflexes (p < 0.05). Even though the magnitude of effects was similar, it was washed out within three days after sham, but persisted for at least five days after RIPC. No significant differences were found for PSI and PAD levels across conditions. These findings indicate that RIPC leads to enduring changes in spinal cord excitability for the latest reflexively recruited motoneurons, along with improvement in balance control. However, these adaptations were not mediated by the presynaptic mechanisms currently assessed.
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Changes in the quadriceps spinal reflex pathway after repeated sprint cycling are not influenced by ischemic preconditioning. Eur J Appl Physiol 2020; 120:1189-1202. [PMID: 32239310 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04359-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE We examined the effect of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on changes in muscle force, activation, and the spinal reflex pathway during and after repeated sprint cycling. METHODS Eight recreationally active men (high-intensity cardiorespiratory training > 3 times per week, > 6 months) completed two exercise sessions (5 sets of 5 cycling sprints, 150% max W), preceded by either IPC (3 × 5 min leg occlusions at 220 mmHg) or SHAM (3 × 5 min at 20 mmHg). Knee extensor maximal force and rate of force were measured before (PRE), immediately post (POST), 1H, and 24H after cycling. Twitch interpolation and resting potentiated twitches were applied to estimate voluntary activation and muscle contractility, respectively. Quadriceps H-reflex recruitment curves were collected at all time-points using 10 Hz doublet stimulation to allow estimation of H-reflex post-activation depression. Surface electromyograms and tissue oxygenation (via near-infrared spectroscopy) were continuously recorded during cycling. RESULTS IPC did not affect any measure of neuromuscular function or performance during cycling. Maximal force and muscle contractility were significantly lower at POST and 1H compared to PRE and 24H by up to 50% (p < 0.01). Maximal force was lower than PRE at 24H by 8.7% (p = 0.028). Voluntary activation and rate of force were unchanged. A rightwards shift was observed for the H-reflex recruitment curve POST, and post-activation depression was higher than all other time-points at 24H (p < 0.05). Muscle activation and oxygenation decreased during cycling. CONCLUSIONS IPC has a nominal effect on mechanisms associated with neuromuscular function during and after exercise in healthy populations.
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Therapeutic Elastic Tapes Applied in Different Directions Over the Triceps Surae Do Not Modulate Reflex Excitability of the Soleus Muscle. J Sport Rehabil 2020; 30:22-29. [PMID: 32087597 DOI: 10.1123/jsr.2018-0435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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CONTEXT Elastic taping has been widely used for either to facilitate or to inhibit muscle contraction. The efficacy of elastic taping is allegedly ascribed to physiological mechanisms related to subcutaneous tissue and muscle stimulation as a result of tape tension and direction. However, the underlying mechanisms that support the use of elastic taping are still unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in electrophysiological responses after 48 hours of tape application in different directions on the calf muscles of healthy individuals. DESIGN Within-subjects design. SETTING Research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-seven physically active males (age 18.0 [4.2] y, height 1.65 [0.07] m, body mass 62.3 [10.3] kg) participated. INTERVENTIONS Soleus H-reflex responses were evoked through stimulation of the tibial posterior nerve with 2- to 4-second interval between stimuli (32 sweeps) for each condition (baseline: without tape; facilitation: tape applied from muscle origin to insertion; inhibition: tape applied from muscle insertion to origin). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The H-reflex amplitude values were normalized by the maximal direct response (Mmax). Parameters were estimated from a sigmoidal fit of the H-reflex recruitment curve (ascending limb). RESULTS No significant differences were found for the parameters derived from the recruitment curve of the H-reflex among the conditions (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS The authors' findings showed that, irrespective of the direction of tape application, the elastic tape applied over the triceps surae does not generate any significant alteration on the excitability of the reflex pathway for different subpopulations of motor units. The authors therefore suggest a re-examination of the current recommendations on taping direction in clinical and sports activities.
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Qu W, Hou W, Zhao Y, Shu B, Chen L, Zheng X, Wang X, Wu X. Burst-modulated wide-pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation enhances H-reflex recruitment in rats. Muscle Nerve 2020; 61:535-541. [PMID: 31950518 DOI: 10.1002/mus.26812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In this study we investigated whether burst-modulated wide-pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can improve the H-reflex and activation efficiency of sensory fibers. METHODS NMES-induced electromyography (EMG) was recorded from hindpaw plantar muscles in 11 anesthetized rats. A burst-modulated wide pulse (mWP) with three carrier frequencies (2 kHz, 5 kHz, and 10 kHz) and a continuous wide-pulse (WP) were delivered to the tibial nerve of each rat. The evoked Hoffman (H)-reflexes were measured to evaluate nerve activation efficiency using the H-reflex recruitment curve (HRC). RESULTS Relative to WP simulation, mWP stimulation required less electrical charge to excite sensory fibers and improved the H-reflex recruitment. Greater electrical charge and smaller recruitment gains were obtained with increased carrier frequency of mWP. DISCUSSION mWP NMES can improve stimulation efficiency and improve recruitment of sensory fibers on tibial nerve stimulation, which may help to optimize NMES stimulus parameters.
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- Wen Qu
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Medical Electronics Engineering Technology Research Center, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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Noble S, Pearcey GEP, Quartly C, Zehr EP. Robot controlled, continuous passive movement of the ankle reduces spinal cord excitability in participants with spasticity: a pilot study. Exp Brain Res 2019; 237:3207-3220. [PMID: 31599345 PMCID: PMC6882765 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-019-05662-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Spasticity of the ankle reduces quality of life by impeding walking and other activities of daily living. Robot-driven continuous passive movement (CPM) is a strategy for lower limb spasticity management but effects on spasticity, walking ability and spinal cord excitability (SCE) are unknown. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate (1) acute changes in SCE induced by 30 min of CPM at the ankle joint, in individuals without neurological impairment and those with lower limb spasticity; and, (2) the effects of 6 weeks of CPM training on SCE, spasticity and walking ability in those with lower limb spasticity. SCE was assessed using soleus Hoffmann (H-) reflexes, collected prior to and immediately after CPM for acute assessments, whereas a multiple baseline repeated measures design assessed changes following 18 CPM sessions. Spasticity and walking ability were assessed using the Modified Ashworth Scale, the 10 m Walk test, and the Timed Up and Go test. Twenty-one neurologically intact and nine participants with spasticity (various neurological conditions) were recruited. In the neurologically intact group, CPM caused bi-directional modulation of H-reflexes creating 'facilitation' and 'suppression' groups. In contrast, amongst participants with spasticity, acute CPM facilitated H-reflexes. After CPM training, H-reflex excitability on both the more-affected and less-affected sides was reduced; on the more affected side H@Thres, H@50 and H@100 all significantly decreased following CPM training by 96.5 ± 7.7%, 90.9 ± 9.2%, and 62.9 ± 21.1%, respectively. After training there were modest improvements in walking and clinical measures of spasticity for some participants. We conclude that CPM of the ankle can significantly alter SCE. The use of CPM in those with spasticity can provide a temporary period of improved walking, but efficacy of treatment remains unknown.
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- Steven Noble
- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P1, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P1, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Collaborative Spasticity Program, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, PO Box 3010 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P1, Canada. .,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada. .,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. .,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. .,Zanshin Consulting Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada.
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Repeated transspinal stimulation decreases soleus H-reflex excitability and restores spinal inhibition in human spinal cord injury. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223135. [PMID: 31557238 PMCID: PMC6762874 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transcutaneous spinal cord or transspinal stimulation over the thoracolumbar enlargement, the spinal location of motoneurons innervating leg muscles, modulates neural circuits engaged in the control of movement. The extent to which daily sessions (e.g. repeated) of transspinal stimulation affects soleus H-reflex excitability in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) remains largely unknown. In this study, we established the effects of repeated cathodal transspinal stimulation on soleus H-reflex excitability and spinal inhibition in individuals with and without chronic SCI. Ten SCI and 10 healthy control subjects received monophasic transspinal stimuli of 1-ms duration at 0.2 Hz at subthreshold and suprathreshold intensities of the right soleus transspinal evoked potential (TEP). SCI subjects received an average of 16 stimulation sessions, while healthy control subjects received an average of 10 stimulation sessions. Before and one or two days post intervention, we used the soleus H reflex to assess changes in motoneuron recruitment, homosynaptic depression following single tibial nerve stimuli delivered at 0.1, 0.125, 0.2, 0.33 and 1.0 Hz, and postactivation depression following paired tibial nerve stimuli at the interstimulus intervals of 60, 100, 300, and 500 ms. Soleus H-reflex excitability was decreased in both legs in motor incomplete and complete SCI but not in healthy control subjects. Soleus H-reflex homosynaptic and postactivation depression was present in motor incomplete and complete SCI but was of lesser strength to that observed in healthy control subjects. Repeated transspinal stimulation increased homosynaptic depression in all SCI subjects and remained unaltered in healthy controls. Postactivation depression remained unaltered in all subject groups. Lastly, transspinal stimulation decreased the severity of spasms and ankle clonus. The results indicate decreased reflex hyperexcitability and recovery of spinal inhibitory control in the injured human spinal cord with repeated transspinal stimulation. Transspinal stimulation is a noninvasive neuromodulation method for restoring spinally-mediated afferent reflex actions after SCI in humans.
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Exteroceptive suppression of voluntary activity in thenar muscles by cutaneous stimulation: How many trials should be averaged? Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2019; 184:105452. [PMID: 31377674 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.105452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine a minimum number of trials that preserve input-output (I-O) properties of duration and magnitude of exteroceptive EMG suppression (eEMGs). PATIENTS AND METHODS eEMGs was recorded in 16 healthy subjects from thenar muscles following index finger stimulation at 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 times sensory threshold (xST). Individual trials were rectified and incrementally averaged in blocks of 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60. To determine if the block size affects I-O properties, the goodness of curve fit parameter R2 for each block was compared to R2 of the global function across all blocks combined. RESULTS eEMGs was found in all subjects at 10xST and 20xST (100%, respectively) but less often at 5xST (63-75%) and 2.5xST (25-56%). A quadratic function best described both duration and magnitude of eEMGs. The quadratic R2 did not significantly differ between any individual block function (5-60) and the global function (eEMGs duration 0.647-0.704 vs 0.679; magnitude 0.525-0.602 vs 0.560, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Averaging 5 trials consistently shows eEMGs at and above 10xST. I-O properties of eEMGs do not differ whether 5 or up to 60 trials are averaged. Clinical studies of eEMGs in thenar muscles are possible with as few as 5 trials averaged.
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Exploiting cervicolumbar connections enhances short-term spinal cord plasticity induced by rhythmic movement. Exp Brain Res 2019; 237:2319-2329. [PMID: 31286172 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-019-05598-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Arm cycling causes suppression of soleus (SOL) Hoffmann (H-) reflex that outlasts the activity period. Arm cycling presumably activates propriospinal networks that modulate Ia presynaptic inhibition. Interlimb pathways are thought to relate to the control of quadrupedal locomotion, allowing for smooth, coordinated movement of the arms and legs. We examined whether the number of active limb pairs affects the amount and duration of activity-dependent plasticity of the SOL H-reflex. On separate days, 14 participants completed 4 randomly ordered 30 min experimental sessions: (1) quiet sitting (CTRL); (2) arm cycling (ARM); (3) leg cycling (LEG); and (4) arm and leg cycling (A&L) on an ergometer. SOL H-reflex and M-wave were evoked via electrical stimulation of the tibial nerve. M-wave and H-reflex recruitment curves were recorded, while the participants sat quietly prior to, 10 and 20 min into, immediately after, and at 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 min after each experimental session. Normalized maximal H-reflexes were unchanged in CTRL, but were suppressed by > 30% during the ARM, LEG, and A&L. H-reflex suppression outlasted activity duration for ARM (≤ 2.5 mins), LEG (≤ 5 mins), and A&L (≤ 30 mins). The duration of reflex suppression after A&L was greater than the algebraic summation of ARM and LEG. This non-linear summation suggests that using the arms and legs simultaneously-as in typical locomotor synergies-amplifies networks responsible for the short-term plasticity of lumbar spinal cord excitability. Enhanced activity of spinal networks may have important implications for the implementation of locomotor training for targeted rehabilitation.
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Kemlin C, Moulton E, Leder S, Houot M, Meunier S, Rosso C, Lamy JC. Redundancy Among Parameters Describing the Input-Output Relation of Motor Evoked Potentials in Healthy Subjects and Stroke Patients. Front Neurol 2019; 10:535. [PMID: 31178817 PMCID: PMC6537607 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is widely used to probe corticospinal excitability through Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) amplitude measurements. The input-output (I/O) curve is a sigmoid-shaped relation between the MEP amplitude at incremented TMS intensities. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between seven parameters derived from the sigmoid function. Methods: Principal Component Analysis and Spearman's rank correlation matrices were used to determine if the seven I/O curve parameters capture similar or, conversely, different aspects of the corticospinal excitability in 24 healthy subjects and 40 stroke survivors with a hand motor impairment. Results: Maximum amplitude (MEPmax), peak slope, area under the I/O curve (AUC), and MEP amplitude recorded at 140% of the resting motor threshold showed strong linear relationships with each other (ρ > 0.72, p < 0.001). Results were found to be similar in healthy subjects and in both hemispheres of stroke patients. Our results did not support an added benefit of sampling entire I/O curves in both healthy subjects and stroke patients, with the exception of S50, the stimulus intensity needed to obtain half of MEPmax amplitude. Conclusions: This demonstrates that MEP elicited at a single stimulus intensity allows to capture the same characteristics of the corticospinal excitability as measured by the AUC, MEPmax and the peak slope, which may be of interest in both clinical and research settings. However, it is still necessary to plot I/O curves if an effect or a difference is expected at S50.
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- Claire Kemlin
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Department of Neurology, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre of excellence of neurodegenerative disease (CoEN), Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IM2A), ICM, CIC Neurosciences, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.,APHP, Urgences Cérébro-Vasculaires, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Button DC, Kalmar JM. Understanding exercise-dependent plasticity of motoneurons using intracellular and intramuscular approaches. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2019; 44:1125-1133. [PMID: 31075205 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Spinal motoneurons (MN) exhibit exercise-dependent adaptations to increased activity, such as exercise and locomotion, as well as decreased activity associated with disuse, spinal cord injury, and aging. The development of several experimental approaches, in both human and animal models, has contributed significantly to our understanding of this plasticity. The purpose of this review is to summarize how intracellular recordings in an animal model and motor unit recordings in a human model have, together, contributed to our current understanding of exercise-dependent MN plasticity. These approaches and techniques will allow neuroscientists to continue to advance our understanding of MN physiology and the plasticity of the "final common path" of the motor system, and to design experiments to answer the critical questions that are emerging in this field.
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- Duane C Button
- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation and BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
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Altered spinal-level sensorimotor control related to pain and perceived instability in people with chronic ankle instability. J Sci Med Sport 2019; 22:425-429. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ratnadurai Giridharan S, Gupta D, Pal A, Mishra AM, Hill NJ, Carmel JB. Motometrics: A Toolbox for Annotation and Efficient Analysis of Motor Evoked Potentials. Front Neuroinform 2019; 13:8. [PMID: 30971908 PMCID: PMC6444173 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2019.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Stimulating the nervous system and measuring muscle response offers a unique opportunity to interrogate motor system function. Often, this is performed by stimulating motor cortex and recording muscle activity with electromyography; the evoked response is called the motor evoked potential (MEP). To understand system dynamics, MEPs are typically recorded through a range of motor cortex stimulation intensities. The MEPs increase with increasing stimulation intensities, and these typically produce a sigmoidal response curve. Analysis of MEPs is often complex and analysis of response curves is time-consuming. We created an MEP analysis software, called Motometrics, to facilitate analysis of MEPs and response curves. The goal is to combine robust signal processing algorithms with a simple user interface. Motometrics first enables the user to annotate data files acquired from the recording system so that the responses can be extracted and labeled with the correct subject and experimental condition. The software enables quick visual representations of entire datasets, to ensure uniform quality of the signal. It then enables the user to choose a variety of response curve analyses and to perform near real time quantification of the MEPs for quick feedback during experimental procedures. This is a modular open source tool that is compatible with several popular electrophysiological systems. Initial use indicates that Motometrics enables rapid, robust, and intuitive analysis of MEP response curves by neuroscientists without programming or signal processing expertise.
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- Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.,Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States
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- Motor Recovery Lab, Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, NY, United States
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- Motor Recovery Lab, Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, NY, United States
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- Motor Recovery Lab, Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, NY, United States.,Brain Mind Research Inst., Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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- Motor Recovery Lab, Burke Neurological Institute, White Plains, NY, United States.,Brain Mind Research Inst., Weill Cornell Medicine Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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Murray LM, Knikou M. Transspinal stimulation increases motoneuron output of multiple segments in human spinal cord injury. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213696. [PMID: 30845251 PMCID: PMC6405126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Targeted neuromodulation strategies that strengthen neuronal activity are in great need for restoring sensorimotor function after chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). In this study, we established changes in the motoneuron output of individuals with and without SCI after repeated noninvasive transspinal stimulation at rest over the thoracolumbar enlargement, the spinal location of leg motor circuits. Cases of motor incomplete and complete SCI were included to delineate potential differences when corticospinal motor drive is minimal. All 10 SCI and 10 healthy control subjects received daily monophasic transspinal stimuli of 1-ms duration at 0.2 Hz at right soleus transspinal evoked potential (TEP) subthreshold and suprathreshold intensities at rest. Before and two days after cessation of transspinal stimulation, we determined changes in TEP recruitment input-output curves, TEP amplitude at stimulation frequencies of 0.1, 0.125, 0.2, 0.33 and 1.0 Hz, and TEP postactivation depression upon transspinal paired stimuli at interstimulus intervals of 60, 100, 300, and 500 ms. TEPs were recorded at rest from bilateral ankle and knee flexor/extensor muscles. Repeated transspinal stimulation increased the motoneuron output over multiple segments. In control and complete SCI subjects, motoneuron output increased for knee muscles, while in motor incomplete SCI subjects motoneuron output increased for both ankle and knee muscles. In control subjects, TEPs homosynaptic and postactivation depression were present at baseline, and were potentiated for the distal ankle or knee flexor muscles. TEPs homosynaptic and postactivation depression at baseline depended on the completeness of the SCI, with minimal changes observed after transspinal stimulation. These results indicate that repeated transspinal stimulation increases spinal motoneuron responsiveness of ankle and knee muscles in the injured human spinal cord, and thus can promote motor recovery. This noninvasive neuromodulation method is a promising modality for promoting functional neuroplasticity after SCI.
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- Lynda M. Murray
- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, United States of America
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- Klab4Recovery Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, United States of America
- PhD Program in Biology and Collaborative Neuroscience Program, Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America
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Holt K, Niazi IK, Nedergaard RW, Duehr J, Amjad I, Shafique M, Anwar MN, Ndetan H, Turker KS, Haavik H. The effects of a single session of chiropractic care on strength, cortical drive, and spinal excitability in stroke patients. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2673. [PMID: 30804399 PMCID: PMC6389925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39577-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to investigate whether a single session of chiropractic care could increase strength in weak plantar flexor muscles in chronic stroke patients. Maximum voluntary contractions (strength) of the plantar flexors, soleus evoked V-waves (cortical drive), and H-reflexes were recorded in 12 chronic stroke patients, with plantar flexor muscle weakness, using a randomized controlled crossover design. Outcomes were assessed pre and post a chiropractic care intervention and a passive movement control. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to asses within and between group differences. Significance was set at p < 0.05. Following the chiropractic care intervention there was a significant increase in strength (F (1,11) = 14.49, p = 0.002; avg 64.2 ± 77.7%) and V-wave/Mmax ratio (F(1,11) = 9.67, p = 0.009; avg 54.0 ± 65.2%) compared to the control intervention. There was a significant strength decrease of 26.4 ± 15.5% (p = 0.001) after the control intervention. There were no other significant differences. Plantar flexor muscle strength increased in chronic stroke patients after a single session of chiropractic care. An increase in V-wave amplitude combined with no significant changes in H-reflex parameters suggests this increased strength is likely modulated at a supraspinal level. Further research is required to investigate the longer term and potential functional effects of chiropractic care in stroke recovery.
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- Kelly Holt
- Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
- Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Tylers, Texas, USA
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- Centre for Chiropractic Research, New Zealand College of Chiropractic, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Barss TS, Klarner T, Pearcey GEP, Sun Y, Zehr EP. Time course of interlimb strength transfer after unilateral handgrip training. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:1594-1608. [PMID: 30188797 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00390.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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"Cross-education" is the increase in strength or functional performance of an untrained limb after unilateral training. A major limitation for clinical translation from unilateral injury includes knowledge on the minimum time for the emergence of crossed effects. Therefore, the primary purpose was to characterize the time course of bilateral strength changes during both "traditional" ( n = 11) and "daily" ( n = 8) unilateral handgrip training in neurologically intact participants. Traditional training included five sets of five maximal voluntary handgrip contractions 3 times/wk for 6 wk whereas daily training included the same number of sessions and contractions but over 18 consecutive days. Three pre- and one posttest session evaluated strength, muscle activation, and reflex excitability bilaterally. Time course information was assessed by recording handgrip force for every contraction in the trained limb and from a single contraction on every third training session in the untrained limb. Six weeks of traditional training increased handgrip strength in the trained limb after the 9th session whereas the untrained limb was stronger after the 12th session. This was accompanied by increased peak muscle activation and bilateral alterations in Hoffmann reflex excitability. Daily training revealed a similar number of sessions (15) were required to induce significant strength gains in the untrained limb (7.8% compared with 12.5%) in approximately half the duration of traditional training. Therefore, minimizing rest days may improve the efficiency of unilateral training when the trained limb is not the focus. Establishing a "dose" for the time course of adaptation to strength training is paramount for effective translation to rehabilitative interventions. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Unilateral handgrip training using a "traditional" protocol (3 times/wk; 6 wk) increased strength bilaterally after 9 (trained arm) and 12 (untrained arm) sessions. "Daily" training (18 consecutive days) increased strength in the untrained limb in a similar number of training sessions, which was accomplished in approximately half the time. Within clinical populations when the focus is on the untrained limb, reducing rest days may optimize the recovery of strength.
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- Trevor S Barss
- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University , Thunder Bay, Ontario , Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries , Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada.,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
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KLASS MALGORZATA, ROELANDS BART, MEEUSEN ROMAIN, DUCHATEAU JACQUES. Acute Effect of Noradrenergic Modulation on Motor Output Adjustment in Men. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2018; 50:1579-1587. [DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000001622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dishman JD, Burke JR, Dougherty P. Motor Neuron Excitability Attenuation as a Sequel to Lumbosacral Manipulation in Subacute Low Back Pain Patients and Asymptomatic Adults: A Cross-Sectional H-Reflex Study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2018; 41:363-371. [PMID: 29997032 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to compare a time series of tibial nerve H-reflex trials between patients with subacute low back pain (LBP) and asymptomatic adults using pre and post high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation (SM) and control procedures. METHODS Asymptomatic adults (n = 66) and patients with subacute LBP (n = 45) were randomized into 3 lumbosacral procedures: side-posture positioning, joint preloading with no thrust, and HVLA SM. A time series of 40 Hmax/Mmax ratios at a rate of 0.1 Hz were recorded in blocks of 10 trials at baseline and after the lumbosacral procedures at time points corresponding to immediately after, 5 minutes after, and 10 minutes after the procedure. Descriptive time series analysis techniques included time plots, outlier detection, and autocorrelation functions. A mixed analysis of variance model (group × procedure × time) was used to compare the effects of lumbosacral procedures on Hmax/Mmax ratios between the patients with subacute LBP and asymptomatic participants. RESULTS The time series analysis and the significant lumbosacral × time interaction term (P < .05) indicated that inhibition of the Hmax/Mmax ratios at the 10-second postlumbosacral procedure time point was greatest after the HVLA SM procedure. The effects of lumbosacral procedures on Hmax/Mmax ratios were similar between patients with subacute LBP and asymptomatic participants. CONCLUSIONS Although nonspecific effects of movement or position artifacts on the Hmax/Mmax ratio were present, a reliable and valid attenuation of the Hmax/Mmax ratio occurred as a specific aspect of HVLA SM in both asymptomatic adults and patients with subacute LBP.
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- J Donald Dishman
- Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida, Port Orange, Florida
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- Research Department, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, New York.
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- Research Department, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, New York
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Transspinal Direct Current Stimulation Produces Persistent Plasticity in Human Motor Pathways. Sci Rep 2018; 8:717. [PMID: 29335430 PMCID: PMC5768745 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18872-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The spinal cord is an integration center for descending, ascending, and segmental neural signals. Noninvasive transspinal stimulation may thus constitute an effective method for concomitant modulation of local and distal neural circuits. In this study, we established changes in cortical excitability and input/output function of corticospinal and spinal neural circuits before, at 0–15 and at 30–45 minutes after cathodal, anodal, and sham transspinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) to the thoracic region in healthy individuals. We found that intracortical inhibition was different among stimulation polarities, however remained unchanged over time. Intracortical facilitation increased after cathodal and anodal tsDCS delivered with subjects seated, and decreased after cathodal tsDCS delivered with subjects lying supine. Both cathodal and anodal tsDCS increased corticospinal excitability, yet facilitation was larger and persisted for 30 minutes post stimulation only when cathodal tsDCS was delivered with subjects lying supine. Spinal input/output reflex function was decreased by cathodal and not anodal tsDCS. These changes may be attributed to altered spontaneous neural activity and membrane potentials of corticomotoneuronal cells by tsDCS involving similar mechanisms to those mediating motor learning. Our findings indicate that thoracic tsDCS has the ability to concomitantly alter cortical, corticospinal, and spinal motor output in humans.
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Pearcey GEP, Noble SA, Munro B, Zehr EP. Spinal Cord Excitability and Sprint Performance Are Enhanced by Sensory Stimulation During Cycling. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:612. [PMID: 29326570 PMCID: PMC5741677 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Spinal cord excitability, as assessed by modulation of Hoffmann (H-) reflexes, is reduced with fatiguing isometric contractions. Furthermore, spinal cord excitability is reduced during non-fatiguing arm and leg cycling. Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals is believed to contribute to this suppression of spinal cord excitability. Electrical stimulation to cutaneous nerves reduces Ia presynaptic inhibition, which facilitates spinal cord excitability, and this facilitation is present during arm cycling. Although it has been suggested that reducing presynaptic inhibition may prolong fatiguing contractions, it is unknown whether sensory stimulation can alter the effects of fatiguing exercise on performance or spinal cord excitability. Thus, the aim of this experiment was to determine if sensory stimulation can interfere with fatigue-related suppression of spinal cord excitability, and alter fatigue rates during cycling sprints. Thirteen participants randomly performed three experimental sessions that included: unloaded cycling with sensory stimulation (CONTROL + STIM), sprints with sensory stimulation (SPRINT + STIM) and sprints without stimulation (SPRINT). Seven participants also performed a fourth session (CONTROL), which consisted of unloaded cycling. During SPRINT and SPRINT + STIM, participants performed seven, 10 s cycling sprints interleaved with 3 min rest. For CONTROL and CONTROL + STIM, participants performed unloaded cycling for ~30 min. During SPRINT + STIM and CONTROL + STIM, participants received patterned sensory stimulation to nerves of the right foot. H-reflexes and M-waves of the right soleus were evoked by stimulation of the tibial nerve at multiple time points throughout exercise. Sensory stimulation facilitated soleus H-reflexes during unloaded cycling, whereas sprints suppressed soleus H-reflexes. While receiving sensory stimulation, there was less suppression of soleus H-reflexes and slowed reduction in average power output, compared to sprints without stimulation. These results demonstrate that sensory stimulation can substantially mitigate the fatiguing effects of sprints.
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- Gregory E P Pearcey
- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Nike Exploration Team Sport Research Laboratory, Nike Inc., Beaverton, OR, United States
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.,Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Ceballos-Villegas ME, Saldaña Mena JJ, Gutierrez Lozano AL, Sepúlveda-Cañamar FJ, Huidobro N, Manjarrez E, Lomeli J. The Complexity of H-wave Amplitude Fluctuations and Their Bilateral Cross-Covariance Are Modified According to the Previous Fitness History of Young Subjects under Track Training. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:530. [PMID: 29163107 PMCID: PMC5671983 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Hoffmann reflex (H-wave) is produced by alpha-motoneuron activation in the spinal cord. A feature of this electromyography response is that it exhibits fluctuations in amplitude even during repetitive stimulation with the same intensity of current. We herein explore the hypothesis that physical training induces plastic changes in the motor system. Such changes are evaluated with the fractal dimension (FD) analysis of the H-wave amplitude-fluctuations (H-wave FD) and the cross-covariance (CCV) between the bilateral H-wave amplitudes. The aim of this study was to compare the H-wave FD as well as the CCV before and after track training in sedentary individuals and athletes. The training modality in all subjects consisted of running three times per week (for 13 weeks) in a concrete road of 5 km. Given the different physical condition of sedentary vs. athletes, the running time between sedentary and athletes was different. After training, the FD was significantly increased in sedentary individuals but significantly reduced in athletes, although there were no changes in spinal excitability in either group of subjects. Moreover, the CCV between bilateral H-waves exhibited a significant increase in athletes but not in sedentary individuals. These differential changes in the FD and CCV indicate that the plastic changes in the complexity of the H-wave amplitude fluctuations as well as the synaptic inputs to the Ia-motoneuron systems of both legs were correlated to the previous fitness history of the subjects. Furthermore, these findings demonstrate that the FD and CCV can be employed as indexes to study plastic changes in the human motor system.
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- Maria E Ceballos-Villegas
- Sección de Posgrado e Investigación, Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Humana y Control Motor, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Escuela de Quiropráctica, Universidad Estatal del Valle de Ecatepec, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
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- Sección de Posgrado e Investigación, Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Humana y Control Motor, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Sección de Posgrado e Investigación, Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Humana y Control Motor, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
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Spinal Excitability Changes after Transspinal and Transcortical Paired Associative Stimulation in Humans. Neural Plast 2017; 2017:6751810. [PMID: 29123926 PMCID: PMC5662837 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6751810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 09/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Paired associative stimulation (PAS) produces enduring neuroplasticity based on Hebbian associative plasticity. This study established the changes in spinal motoneuronal excitability by pairing transcortical and transspinal stimulation. Transcortical stimulation was delivered after (transspinal-transcortical PAS) or before (transcortical-transspinal PAS) transspinal stimulation. Before and after 40 minutes of each PAS protocol, spinal neural excitability was assessed based on the amplitude of the transspinal-evoked potentials (TEPs) recorded from ankle muscles of both legs at different stimulation intensities (recruitment input-output curve). Changes in TEPs amplitude in response to low-frequency stimulation and paired transspinal stimuli were also established before and after each PAS protocol. TEP recruitment input-output curves revealed a generalized depression of TEPs in most ankle muscles of both legs after both PAS protocols that coincided with an increased gain only after transcortical-transspinal PAS. Transcortical-transspinal PAS increased and transspinal-transcortical PAS decreased the low-frequency-dependent TEP depression, whereas neither PAS protocol affected the TEP depression observed upon paired transspinal stimuli. These findings support the notion that transspinal and transcortical PAS has the ability to alter concomitantly cortical and spinal synaptic activity. Transspinal and transcortical PAS may contribute to the development of rehabilitation strategies in people with bilateral increased motoneuronal excitability due to cortical or spinal lesions.
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Dongés SC, D’Amico JM, Butler JE, Taylor JL. The effects of cervical transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation on motor pathways supplying the upper limb in humans. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172333. [PMID: 28225813 PMCID: PMC5321432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Non-invasive, weak direct current stimulation can induce changes in excitability of underlying neural tissue. Many studies have used transcranial direct current stimulation to induce changes in the brain, however more recently a number of studies have used transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation to induce changes in the spinal cord. This study further characterises the effects following cervical transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation on motor pathways supplying the upper limb. In Study 1, on two separate days, participants (n = 12, 5 F) received 20 minutes of either real or sham direct current stimulation at 3 mA through electrodes placed in an anterior-posterior configuration over the neck (anode anterior). Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis and first dorsal interosseous responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation (motor evoked potentials) and cervicomedullary stimulation (cervicomedullary motor evoked potentials) were measured before and after real or sham stimulation. In Study 2, on two separate days, participants (n = 12, 7 F) received either real or sham direct current stimulation in the same way as for Study 1. Before and after real or sham stimulation, median nerve stimulation elicited M waves and H reflexes in the flexor carpi radialis. H-reflex recruitment curves and homosynaptic depression of the H reflex were assessed. Results show that the effects of real and sham direct current stimulation did not differ for motor evoked potentials or cervicomedullary motor evoked potentials for any muscle, nor for H-reflex recruitment curve parameters or homosynaptic depression. Cervical transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation with the parameters described here does not modify motor responses to corticospinal stimulation nor does it modify H reflexes of the upper limb. These results are important for the emerging field of transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation.
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- Siobhan C. Dongés
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Nakajima T, Kamibayashi K, Kitamura T, Komiyama T, Zehr EP, Nakazawa K. Short-Term Plasticity in a Monosynaptic Reflex Pathway to Forearm Muscles after Continuous Robot-Assisted Passive Stepping. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:368. [PMID: 27499737 PMCID: PMC4956673 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Both active and passive rhythmic limb movements reduce the amplitude of spinal cord Hoffmann (H-) reflexes in muscles of moving and distant limbs. This could have clinical utility in remote modulation of the pathologically hyperactive reflexes found in spasticity after stroke or spinal cord injury. However, such clinical translation is currently hampered by a lack of critical information regarding the minimum or effective duration of passive movement needed for modulating spinal cord excitability. We therefore investigated the H-reflex modulation in the flexor carpi radialis (FCR) muscle during and after various durations (5, 10, 15, and 30 min) of passive stepping in 11 neurologically normal subjects. Passive stepping was performed by a robotic gait trainer system (Lokomat®) while a single pulse of electrical stimulation to the median nerve elicited H-reflexes in the FCR. The amplitude of the FCR H-reflex was significantly suppressed during passive stepping. Although 30 min of passive stepping was sufficient to elicit a persistent H-reflex suppression that lasted up to 15 min, 5 min of passive stepping was not. The duration of H-reflex suppression correlated with that of the stepping. These findings suggest that the accumulation of stepping-related afferent feedback from the leg plays a role in generating short-term interlimb plasticity in the circuitry of the FCR H-reflex.
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- Tsuyoshi Nakajima
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine Mitaka, Japan
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- Motor Control Section, Department of Rehabilitation for the Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with DisabilitiesTokorozawa, Japan; Graduate School of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of TechnologyTokyo, Japan
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- Division of Health and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Education, Chiba University Chiba, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
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Sasada S, Tazoe T, Nakajima T, Futatsubashi G, Ohtsuka H, Suzuki S, Zehr EP, Komiyama T. A common neural element receiving rhythmic arm and leg activity as assessed by reflex modulation in arm muscles. J Neurophysiol 2016; 115:2065-75. [PMID: 26961103 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00638.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Neural interactions between regulatory systems for rhythmic arm and leg movements are an intriguing issue in locomotor neuroscience. Amplitudes of early latency cutaneous reflexes (ELCRs) in stationary arm muscles are modulated during rhythmic leg or arm cycling but not during limb positioning or voluntary contraction. This suggests that interneurons mediating ELCRs to arm muscles integrate outputs from neural systems controlling rhythmic limb movements. Alternatively, outputs could be integrated at the motoneuron and/or supraspinal levels. We examined whether a separate effect on the ELCR pathways and cortico-motoneuronal excitability during arm and leg cycling is integrated by neural elements common to the lumbo-sacral and cervical spinal cord. The subjects performed bilateral leg cycling (LEG), contralateral arm cycling (ARM), and simultaneous contralateral arm and bilateral leg cycling (A&L), while ELCRs in the wrist flexor and shoulder flexor muscles were evoked by superficial radial (SR) nerve stimulation. ELCR amplitudes were facilitated by cycling tasks and were larger during A&L than during ARM and LEG. A low stimulus intensity during ARM or LEG generated a larger ELCR during A&L than the sum of ELCRs during ARM and LEG. We confirmed this nonlinear increase in single motor unit firing probability following SR nerve stimulation during A&L. Furthermore, motor-evoked potentials following transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation did not show nonlinear potentiation during A&L. These findings suggest the existence of a common neural element of the ELCR reflex pathway that is active only during rhythmic arm and leg movement and receives convergent input from contralateral arms and legs.
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- Syusaku Sasada
- Division of Health and Sport Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Food and Nutrition Science, Sagami Women's University, Kanagawa, Japan;
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- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Health and Sport Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Management and Information Sciences, Jobu University, Gunma, Japan
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- School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Division of Health and Sport Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Integrative Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Division of Health and Sport Education, The United Graduate School of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Education, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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H-reflex excitability is inhibited in soleus, but not gastrocnemius, at the short-latency response of a horizontal jump-landing task. Hum Mov Sci 2016; 47:1-8. [PMID: 26826443 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2016.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Impaired spinal-level neuromuscular control is suggested to contribute to instability and injury during dynamic landing tasks. Despite this suggestion, spinal-level neuromuscular control is yet to be examined during a horizontal jump-landing task. The aim of the current study was to assess changes in H-reflexes and its reliability at the short-latency response of landings from short and long distances. Eight healthy individuals (five male, three female; age, 22±1.2yrs; height, 178±8.1cm; weight, 72±15.7kg) participated in the study. H-reflexes were evoked at the SLR in the soleus and medial gastrocnemius muscles, during two landing conditions: 25% and 50% of maximal broad jump distance. H-reflexes were expressed relative to the background electromyography (EMG) and maximal M-wave responses (M-max). Soleus H-reflexes were inhibited when landing from shorter distance (25%, 13.9±7.6%; 50%, 8.3±6.5%; p<0.01). No change in H-reflex excitability was observed in medial gastrocnemius. Background EMG was unaltered across landing conditions. Inhibition of soleus H-reflex excitability from 25% to 50% landing condition indicates a reduced contribution of Ia-afferent feedback to the alpha-motor neuron during landings from greater distances, which may contribute to stiffness regulation at the ankle joint. Unaltered H-reflex excitability of medial gastrocnemius is most likely attributed to its functional role during the landing task.
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Vangsgaard S, Hansen EA, Madeleine P. Between-day reliability of the trapezius muscle H-reflex and M-wave. Muscle Nerve 2015; 52:1066-71. [PMID: 25762463 DOI: 10.1002/mus.24645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the between-day reliability of the trapezius muscle H-reflex and M-wave. METHODS Sixteen healthy subjects were studied on 2 consecutive days. Trapezius muscle H-reflexes were evoked by electrical stimulation of the C3/4 cervical nerves; M-waves were evoked by electrical stimulation of the accessory nerve. Relative reliability was estimated by intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC2,1 ). Absolute reliability was estimated by computing the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the smallest real difference (SRD). Bland-Altman plots were constructed to detect any systematic bias. RESULTS Variables showed substantial to excellent relative reliability (ICC = 0.70-0.99). The relative SEM ranged from 1.4% to 34.8%; relative SRD ranged from 3.8% to 96.5%. No systematic bias was present in the data. CONCLUSIONS The amplitude and latency of the trapezius muscle H-reflex and M-wave in healthy young subjects can be measured reliably across days.
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- Steffen Vangsgaard
- Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D-3, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D-3, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D-3, DK-9220, Aalborg, Denmark
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Sayenko DG, Atkinson DA, Dy CJ, Gurley KM, Smith VL, Angeli C, Harkema SJ, Edgerton VR, Gerasimenko YP. Spinal segment-specific transcutaneous stimulation differentially shapes activation pattern among motor pools in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 118:1364-74. [PMID: 25814642 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01128.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Transcutaneous and epidural electrical spinal cord stimulation techniques are becoming more valuable as electrophysiological and clinical tools. Recently, we observed selective activation of proximal and distal motor pools during epidural spinal stimulation. In the present study, we hypothesized that the characteristics of recruitment curves obtained from leg muscles will reflect a relative preferential activation of proximal and distal motor pools based on their arrangement along the lumbosacral enlargement. The purpose was to describe the electrophysiological responses to transcutaneous stimulation in leg muscles innervated by motoneurons from different segmental levels. Stimulation delivered along the rostrocaudal axis of the lumbosacral enlargement in the supine position resulted in a selective topographical recruitment of proximal and distal leg muscles, as described by threshold intensity, slope of the recruitment curves, and plateau point intensity and magnitude. Relatively selective recruitment of proximal and distal motor pools can be titrated by optimizing the site and intensity level of stimulation to excite a given combination of motor pools. The slope of the recruitment of particular muscles allows characterization of the properties of afferents projecting to specific motoneuron pools, as well as to the type and size of the motoneurons. The location and intensity of transcutaneous spinal electrical stimulation are critical to target particular neural structures across different motor pools in investigation of specific neuromodulatory effects. Finally, the asymmetry in bilateral evoked potentials is inevitable and can be attributed to both anatomical and functional peculiarities of individual muscles or muscle groups.
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- Dimitry G Sayenko
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California;
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
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- School of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science, California State University, Los Angeles, California
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Pavlov Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg, Russia; and Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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Penzer F, Duchateau J, Baudry S. Effects of short-term training combining strength and balance exercises on maximal strength and upright standing steadiness in elderly adults. Exp Gerontol 2015; 61:38-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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