Effects of short-term training on sensory and motor function in severed nerves of long-term human amputees

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2625-2633

  Dhillon, G S ^a,c   Kruger T B ^a,d   Sandhu, J S ^b   Horch, K W ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHANTOM LIMB; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17744366189     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00937.2004     Document Type: Article

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