Is the recovery of stepping following spinal cord injury mediated by modifying existing neural pathways or by generating new pathways? A perspective

Physical Therapy

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1904-1911

  De Leon, R D ^a   Roy, R R ^a   Edgerton, V R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Recovery; Spinal cord injury; Spinal learning

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0035214396     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/81.12.1904     Document Type: Review

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