Somatosensory feedback to the central nervous system is essential to plan, perform and
refine spine motor control. However, the influence of somatosensory afferent input from the …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine if high-velocity, low-amplitude
spinal manipulation (SM) altered the effects of corticospinal excitability on motoneuron …

Different directions of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can activate different neuronal
circuits. Whereas posteroanterior current (PA-TMS) depolarizes mainly interneurons in …

Objective: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) impacts on spine movement. Altered sensorimotor
integration can be involved. Afferents from the lumbo-pelvic area might be processed …

Low back pain (LBP) often modifies spine motor control, but the neural origin of these motor
control changes remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to determine the impact of …

Electrical stimulation over the mastoids or thoracic spinous processes has been used to
assess subcortical contribution to corticospinal excitability, but responses are difficult to …

OBJECTIVE: Twitch interpolation using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has recently
been used to measure the level of drive from the motor cortex to contracting muscles of the …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to map the cortical representation of the lumbar spine
paravertebral (LP) muscles in healthy subjects. METHODS: Transcranial magnetic …

Objective: This study was designed to investigate corticospinal excitability of lumbar muscles
using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in patients with chronic low back pain and …

Although voluntary muscle contraction modulates spinal reflex excitability of contracted
muscles and other muscles located at other segments within a limb (ie, intra-limb …