Task-dependent facilitation of motor evoked potentials during dynamic and steady muscle contractions.

Abstract:

:Task-dependent differences in the facilitation of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) following cortex stimulation were studied in a proximal (deltoid) and a distal muscle (abductor digiti minimi; ADM) in 23 healthy subjects during both dynamic and steady contractions of the target muscle under isometric and under nonisometric conditions. In the deltoid, MEP amplitudes were significantly greater if stimulation was performed during dynamic contractions than during steady contractions, despite equal background electromyographic levels just prior to the stimulus. The same task-specific extra facilitation of deltoid MEP amplitudes was also found with magnetic stimulation of the brain stem instead of the cortex in 3 subjects. In the ADM, no such task-dependent extra facilitation of MEPs during dynamic contractions was found. It is concluded that in the deltoid, during dynamic contractions, a greater proportion of the spinal motoneurons is close to depolarization threshold (greater "subliminal fringe") whereas the number of firing motoneurons is similar to that during steady contraction. The lack of task-dependent extra facilitation of MEPs in the ADM is explained by the predominant recruitment principle for force gradation in small hand muscles, which is in contrast to the predominant frequency principle used in proximal muscles.

journal_name

Muscle Nerve

journal_title

Muscle & nerve

authors

Arányi Z,Mathis J,Hess CW,Rösler KM

doi

10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1309::aid-mus

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1309-16

issue

10

eissn

0148-639X

issn

1097-4598

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1309::AID-MUS

journal_volume

21

pub_type

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