Impaired facilitation of motor evoked potentials in incomplete spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Diehl, Philipp ^a   Kliesch, Uta ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a   Curt, Armin ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Task dependent facilitation; Tibialis anterior; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 31544454970     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0921-x     Document Type: Article

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