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Open AccessEffect of respiratory muscle training on load sensations in people with chronic tetraplegia: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.
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Open AccessComparison of two inspiratory muscle training protocols in people with spinal cord injury: a secondary analysis
Secondary analysis.
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Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with locomotor training to improve walking ability in people with chronic spinal cord injury: study protocol for an international multi-centred double-blinded randomised sham-controlled trial (eWALK)
An international multi-centred, double-blinded, randomised sham-controlled trial (eWALK).
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Open AccessBreath-synchronized electrical stimulation of the expiratory muscles in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomized controlled feasibility study and pooled analysis
Expiratory muscle weakness leads to difficult ventilator weaning. Maintaining their activity with functional electrical stimulation (FES) may improve outcome. We studied feasibility of breath-synchronized expi...
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The effect of paired corticospinal–motoneuronal stimulation on maximal voluntary elbow flexion in cervical spinal cord injury: an experimental study
Randomised, controlled, crossover study.
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Open AccessAbdominal functional electrical stimulation to assist ventilator weaning in critical illness: a double-blinded, randomised, sham-controlled pilot study
For every day a person is dependent on mechanical ventilation, respiratory and cardiac complications increase, quality of life decreases and costs increase by > $USD 1500. Interventions that improve respirator...
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Short-interval cortical inhibition and intracortical facilitation during submaximal voluntary contractions changes with fatigue
This study determined whether short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and intracortical facilitation (ICF) change during a sustained submaximal isometric contraction. On 2 days, 12 participants (6 men, ...
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Neurogenic Changes in the Upper Airway of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is linked to local neural injury that evokes airway muscle remodelling. The upper airway muscles of patients with OSA are exposed to intermittent hypoxia as well as vibration ind...
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The origin of activity in the biceps brachii muscle during voluntary contractions of the contralateral elbow flexor muscles
During strong voluntary contractions, activity is not restricted to the target muscles. Other muscles, including contralateral muscles, often contract. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to analys...
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Corticospinal Transmission After Voluntary Contractions
Transmastoid stimulation in human subjects evokes a single descending volley in corticospinal axons. Electromyographic (EMG) responses to transmastoid stimuli measured in the relaxed elbow flexor muscles after...
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Patterns of Pathological Firing in Human Motor Units
Modulation of motor unit firing rates can change muscle force production. Motor unit firing rates are often reduced during voluntary contractions of muscles influenced by disorders such as stroke or multiple s...
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Changes in muscle afferents, motoneurons and motor drive during muscle fatigue
Fatigue is a reduction of maximal muscle force or power that occurs with exercise. It is accompanied by changes at multiple levels in the motor pathway and also by changes in the discharge patterns of muscle ...
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Altered responses of human elbow flexors to peripheral-nerve and cortical stimulation during a sustained maximal voluntary contraction
The short-latency electromyographic response evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (MEP) increases in size during fatigue, but the mechanisms are unclear. Because large changes occur in the muscle actio...
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Effect of contraction strength on responses in biceps brachii and adductor pollicis to transcranial magnetic stimulation
The sizes of the motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) and the durations of the silent periods after transcranial magnetic stimulation were examined in biceps brachii, brachioradialis and adductor pollicis in human s...
