Distributed plasticity of locomotor pattern generators in spinal cord injured patients

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1019-1034

  Grasso, Renato ^a   Ivanenko, Yuri P ^a   Zago, Myrka ^a   Molinari, Marco ^a,b   Scivoletto, Giorgio ^a   Castellano, Vincenzo ^a   Macellari, Velio ^c   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central pattern generators; Human locomotion; Human paraplegia; Motor equivalence; Muscle synergies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

EID: 2442448557     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh115     Document Type: Review

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