Post-activation potentiation: underlying physiology and implications for motor performance

M Hodgson, D Docherty, D Robbins - Sports medicine, 2005 - Springer
The response of muscle to volitional or electrically induced stimuli is affected by its
contractile history. Fatigue is the most obvious effect of contractile history reflected by the …

Massed practice versus massed practice with stimulation: effects on upper extremity function and cortical plasticity in individuals with incomplete cervical spinal cord …

KS Beekhuizen, EC Field-Fote - … and neural repair, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
To determine the effect of massed practice (MP) versus massed practice combined with
somatosensory stimulation (MP+ SS) on cortical plasticity and function in persons with …

The influence of maximal isometric activity on twitch and H-reflex potentiation, and quadriceps femoris performance

JP Folland, T Wakamatsu, MS Fimland - European journal of applied …, 2008 - Springer
The possibility of post-activation potentiation (PAP), enhanced neuromuscular performance
following prior contractile activity, has received considerable attention but with little …

Intermittent exercise as a conditioning activity to induce postactivation potentiation

MAB Batista, C Ugrinowitsch, H Roschel… - The Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Postactivation potentiation (PAP) is defined as a short-term increase in voluntary muscle
activation following a previous conditioning activity (CA). Controversy about PAP is mostly …

Influence of stimulus pulse width on M‐waves, H‐reflexes, and torque during tetanic low‐intensity neuromuscular stimulation

O Lagerquist, DF Collins - Muscle & nerve, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has been shown to generate contractions that
include a central recruitment of motoneurons; however, the effect of pulse width on …

Spinal use‐dependent plasticity of synaptic transmission in humans after a single cycling session

S Meunier, J Kwon, H Russmann… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The spinal cord is able to express use‐dependent plasticity, as demonstrated in spinalized
cats following treadmill training. In humans, spinal use‐dependent plasticity is inferred from …

The amplitude of lower leg motor evoked potentials is a reliable measure when controlled for torque and motor task

HJA van Hedel, C Murer, V Dietz, A Curt - Journal of neurology, 2007 - Springer
Objectives Motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes have the disadvantage of a high
variability when repeatedly assessed. This affects the reliability of MEP amplitude …

Muscular and neural contributions to postactivation potentiation

BJ Wallace, R Shapiro, KL Wallace… - The Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Wallace, BJ, Shapiro, R, Wallace, KL, Abel, MG, and Symons, TB. Muscular and
neural contributions to postactivation potentiation. J Strength Cond Res 33 (3): 615–625 …

Short-term inhibition of spinal reflexes in multiple lower limb muscles after neuromuscular electrical stimulation of ankle plantar flexors

M Milosevic, Y Masugi, H Obata, A Sasaki… - Experimental brain …, 2019 - Springer
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of lower limbs elicits muscle contractions
through the activation of efferent fibers and concomitant recruitment of afferent fibers, which …

Physiological recruitment of motor units by high-frequency electrical stimulation of afferent pathways

JL Dideriksen, S Muceli, S Dosen… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is commonly used in rehabilitation, but
electrically evoked muscle activation is in several ways different from voluntary muscle …