Contralateral and ipsilateral EMG responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation during recovery of arm and hand function after stroke

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 316-328

  Turton, A ^a,b   Wroe, S ^a   Trepte, N ^a   Fraser, C ^a   Lemon, R N ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand function; Motor pathways; Recovery; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0001209026     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95560-5     Document Type: Article

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