Electrical stimulation driving functional improvements and cortical changes in subjects with stroke

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 450-460

  Kimberley, Teresa J ^a   Lewis, Scott M ^b,c   Auerbach, Edward J ^c   Dorsey, Lisa L ^a   Lojovich, Jeanne M ^a   Carey, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Human; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; STRENGTH; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1442335448     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1695-y     Document Type: Article

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