Rationales for improving motor function

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 697-701

  Hummelsheim, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 0033375147     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199912000-00007     Document Type: Review

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