Corticomotor threshold to magnetic stimulation: Normal values and repeatability

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 570-576

  Mills, Kerry R ^a   Nithi, Kannan A ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corticomotor threshold; magnetic stimulation; normal values; repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030936315     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<570::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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