Changes in cortically related intermuscular coherence accompanying improvements in locomotor skills in incomplete spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2580-2589

  Norton, Jonathan A ^a   Gorassini, Monica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

EID: 33646165245     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01289.2005     Document Type: Article

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