Reciprocal inhibition of the thigh muscles in humans: A study using transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation.
Humans
Male
Spinal Cord Stimulation
/ methods
Adult
Thigh
/ physiology
Muscle, Skeletal
/ physiology
Muscle Contraction
/ physiology
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
/ methods
Young Adult
H-Reflex
/ physiology
Femoral Nerve
/ physiology
Neural Inhibition
/ physiology
Quadriceps Muscle
/ physiology
Hamstring Muscles
/ physiology
Electromyography
hamstrings
posterior root muscle reflex
reciprocal inhibition
spinal cord stimulation
thigh
Journal
Physiological reports
ISSN: 2051-817X
Titre abrégé: Physiol Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101607800
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2024
May 2024
Historique:
revised:
11
04
2024
received:
13
03
2024
accepted:
19
04
2024
medline:
14
5
2024
pubmed:
14
5
2024
entrez:
13
5
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Evaluating reciprocal inhibition of the thigh muscles is important to investigate the neural circuits of locomotor behaviors. However, measurements of reciprocal inhibition of thigh muscles using spinal reflex, such as H-reflex, have never been systematically established owing to methodological limitations. The present study aimed to clarify the existence of reciprocal inhibition in the thigh muscles using transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS). Twenty able-bodied male individuals were enrolled. We evoked spinal reflex from the biceps femoris muscle (BF) by tSCS on the lumber posterior root. We examined whether the tSCS-evoked BF reflex was reciprocally inhibited by the following conditionings: (1) single-pulse electrical stimulation on the femoral nerve innervating the rectus femoris muscle (RF) at various inter-stimulus intervals in the resting condition; (2) voluntary contraction of the RF; and (3) vibration stimulus on the RF. The BF reflex was significantly inhibited when the conditioning electrical stimulation was delivered at 10 and 20 ms prior to tSCS, during voluntary contraction of the RF, and during vibration on the RF. These data suggested a piece of evidence of the existence of reciprocal inhibition from the RF to the BF muscle in humans and highlighted the utility of methods for evaluating reciprocal inhibition of the thigh muscles using tSCS.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e16039Subventions
Organisme : MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
ID : 22H03498
Organisme : MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
ID : 22KJ0713
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society.
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