Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on motor cortex excitability in writer's cramp: Neurophysiological and clinical correlations

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1908-1913

  Tinazzi, Michele ^a,b   Zarattini, Stefano ^a   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^c   Stanzani, Clementina ^a   Moretto, Giuseppe ^b   Smania, Nicola ^a   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OCM   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Dystonia; TMS; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WRITER CRAMP;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33845187595     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21081     Document Type: Article

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