Functional Assessment of Corticospinal System Excitability in Karate Athletes.

Functional Assessment of Corticospinal System Excitability in Karate Athletes.

OBJECTIVES:To investigate the involvement of the primary motor cortex (M1) in the coordination performance of karate athletes through transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). METHODS:Thirteen right-handed male karate athletes (25.0±5.0 years) and 13 matched non-athlete controls (26.7±6.2 years) were...

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Main Authors: Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Giovanni Messina, Anna Valenzano, Vincenzo Monda, Andrea Viggiano, Antonietta Messina, Annamaria Petito, Antonio Ivano Triggiani, Michela Anna Pia Ciliberti, Marcellino Monda, Laura Capranica, Giuseppe Cibelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878742?pdf=render

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