Gait after spinal cord injury and the central pattern generator for locomotion

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 531-537

  Pinter, M M ^a   Dimitrijevic, M R ^a,b  

^a Neurol Hosp Maria Theresien S   (Austria)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPG; Gait; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0032820420     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100886     Document Type: Review

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