The muscle inhibitory period by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Study in stroke patients

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-192

  Cruz Martinez A ^b   Munoz J ^c   Palacios, F ^a  

^a Hospital La Luz   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 2642682453     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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