Sternocleidomastoid muscle responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with cervical dystonia

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-52

  Odergren, T ^a   Rimpilainen I ^a,b   Borg, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

cervical dystonia; sternocleidomastoid muscle; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0342762038     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(96)96568-6     Document Type: Article

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