Motor evoked potentials of the respiratory muscles in tetraplegic patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 673-678

  Lissens, Mark A ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Magnetic transcranial stimulation; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potentials; Respiratory muscles; Scalenes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0029836689     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.122     Document Type: Article

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