Effects of fatiguing unilateral plantar flexions on corticospinal and transcallosal inhibition in the primary motor hand area

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Toru Ogata¹  Ryouta Matsuura¹ 

[1] Department of Rehabilitation for Movement Functions, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan

关键词: Interhemispheric inhibition;    Laterality;    Interlimb;    Transcranial magnetic stimulation;    Muscle fatigue;   

Others  :  1132911
DOI  :  10.1186/s40101-015-0042-x

 received in 2014-10-24, accepted in 2015-01-16,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Corticospinal excitability of the primary motor cortex (M1) representing the hand muscle is depressed by bilateral lower limb muscle fatigue. The effects of fatiguing unilateral lower limb contraction on corticospinal excitability and transcallosal inhibition in the M1 hand areas remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of fatiguing unilateral plantar flexions on corticospinal excitability in the M1 hand areas and transcallosal inhibition originated from the M1 hand area contralateral to the fatigued ankle.

Methods

Ten healthy volunteers (26.2 ± 3.8 years) participated in the study. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, we examined motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) recorded from resting first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscles before, immediately after, and 10 min after fatiguing unilateral lower limb muscle contraction, which was consisted of 40 unilateral maximal isometric plantar flexions intermittently with a 2-s contraction followed by 1 s of rest.

Results

We demonstrated no significant changes in MEPs in the FDI muscle ipsilateral to the fatigued ankle and decrease in IHI from the M1 hand area contralateral to the fatigued ankle to the ipsilateral M1 hand area after the fatiguing contraction. MEPs in the FDI muscle contralateral to the fatigued ankle were increased after the fatiguing contraction.

Conclusions

These results suggest that fatiguing unilateral lower limb muscle contraction differently influences corticospinal excitability of the contralateral M1 hand area and IHI from the contralateral M1 hand area to the ipsilateral M1 hand area. Although fatiguing unilateral lower limb muscle contraction increases corticospinal excitability of the ipsilateral M1 hand area, the increased corticospinal excitability is not associated with the decreased IHI.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Matsuura and Ogata; licensee BioMed Central.

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