Walking and fatigue in sclerosis: The role corticospinal system

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1068-1070

  Schubert, Margot ^a   Wohlfarth, Kai ^a   Rollnik, Jens D ^a   Dengler, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Fatigue; Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING; EXERCISE; INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALKING;

EID: 0032134259     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199808)21:8<1068::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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