Motor cortex excitability and fatigue in multiple sclerosis: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-321

  Liepert, J ^a   Mingers, D ^a   Heesen, C ^a   Baumer T ^a   Weiller, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fatigue; Intracortical inhibition; Motor threshold; Multiple sclerosis; Recovery time; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FACILITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 20144380358     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1163oa     Document Type: Article

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