Short-term effects of functional electrical stimulation on motor-evoked potentials in ankle flexor and extensor muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-500

  Thompson, Aiko Kido ^a   Stein, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESPONSE TIME; REST; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERONEAL NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 11244314125     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1972-4     Document Type: Article

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