Vestibular-evoked muscle responses in patients with spinal cord injury

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1584-1592

  Iles, J F ^a   Ali, Alima S ^a   Savic, Gordana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 3142557929     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh173     Document Type: Article

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