Musculoskeletal plasticity after acute spinal cord injury: Effects of long-term neuromuscular electrical stimulation training

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2380-2390

  Shields, Richard K ^a   Dudley Javoroski, Shauna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRABECULAR BONE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646189184     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01181.2005     Document Type: Article

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