Magnetic transcranial stimulation: Clinical interest of the silent period in acute and chronic stages of stroke

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 290-296

  Catano, Antonio ^a   Houa, Myriam ^b   Noël, Pierre ^b  

^a CHU Andre Vesale   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

functional recovery; magnetic transcranial stimulation; silent period; spasticity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030771161     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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