Massed practice versus massed practice with stimulation: Effects on upper extremity function and cortical plasticity in individuals with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-45

  Beekhuizen, Kristina S ^a,b,c   Field Fote, Edelle C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Rehabilitation Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint induced therapy; Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Hand function; Rehabilitation; SCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JEBSEN HAND FUNCTION TEST; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MASSED PRACTICE; MASSED PRACTICE WITH SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 13844314801     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968305274517     Document Type: Article

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