Initiating extension of the lower limbs in subjects with complete spinal cord injury by epidural lumbar cord stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-326

  Jilge, B ^a   Minassian, K ^a,b   Rattay, F ^a   Pinter, M M ^c   Gerstenbrand, F ^b   Binder, H ^b   Dimitrijevic, M R ^a,b,d,e  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Neurological Rehabilitation Center Rosenhügel   (Austria)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Lower limb extension; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PARAPLEGIA; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1142297348     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1666-3     Document Type: Article

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