Locomotor capacity and recovery of spinal cord function in paraplegic patients: A clinical and electrophysiological evaluation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-153

  Dietz, V ^a   Wirz, M ^a   Colombo, G ^a   Curt, A ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Locomotor training; Motor evoked potential; Spinal cord function; Spinal locomotor pattern; Tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; TIBIAL NERVE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031922523     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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