Is the central nervous system a causative factor in idiopathic scoliosis?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 91, Issue , 2002, Pages 10-11

  Potoupnis, M ^a   Kapetanos, G ^a   Kimiskidis, V K ^a   Symeonides, P P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEAN AGES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; NORMAL CONTROLS; THRESHOLD MEASUREMENTS;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAGNETISM; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SCOLIOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 16544369615     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-935-6-10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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