Woodhead, Alex and Rainer, Christopher and Hill, Jessica and Murphy, Colm P and North, Jamie S and Kidgell, Dawson and Tallent, Jamie (2024) Corticospinal and spinal responses following a single session of lower limb motor skill and resistance training. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 124 (8). pp. 2401-2416. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05464-9
Woodhead, Alex and Rainer, Christopher and Hill, Jessica and Murphy, Colm P and North, Jamie S and Kidgell, Dawson and Tallent, Jamie (2024) Corticospinal and spinal responses following a single session of lower limb motor skill and resistance training. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 124 (8). pp. 2401-2416. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05464-9
Woodhead, Alex and Rainer, Christopher and Hill, Jessica and Murphy, Colm P and North, Jamie S and Kidgell, Dawson and Tallent, Jamie (2024) Corticospinal and spinal responses following a single session of lower limb motor skill and resistance training. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 124 (8). pp. 2401-2416. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05464-9
Abstract
Prior studies suggest resistance exercise as a potential form of motor learning due to task-specific corticospinal responses observed in single sessions of motor skill and resistance training. While existing literature primarily focuses on upper limb muscles, revealing a task-dependent nature in eliciting corticospinal responses, our aim was to investigate such responses after a single session of lower limb motor skill and resistance training. Twelve participants engaged in a visuomotor force tracking task, self-paced knee extensions, and a control task. Corticospinal, spinal, and neuromuscular responses were measured using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS). Assessments occurred at baseline, immediately post, and at 30-min intervals over two hours. Force steadiness significantly improved in the visuomotor task (P < 0.001). Significant fixed-effects emerged between conditions for corticospinal excitability, corticospinal inhibition, and spinal excitability (all P < 0.001). Lower limb motor skill training resulted in a greater corticospinal excitability compared to resistance training (mean difference [MD] = 35%, P < 0.001) and control (MD; 37%, P < 0.001). Motor skill training resulted in a lower corticospinal inhibition compared to control (MD; – 10%, P < 0.001) and resistance training (MD; – 9%, P < 0.001). Spinal excitability was lower following motor skill training compared to control (MD; – 28%, P < 0.001). No significant fixed effect of Time or Time*Condition interactions were observed. Our findings highlight task-dependent corticospinal responses in lower limb motor skill training, offering insights for neurorehabilitation program design.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Corticospinal excitability; Motor skill training; Resistance training; Lower limb; Transcranial magnetic stimulation |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2024 16:25 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38210 |
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