Reliability of intracortical and corticomotor excitability estimates obtained from the upper extremities in chronic stroke

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-31

  Koski, Lisa ^a,b   Lin, Janice Chien Ho ^c   Wu, Allan D ^b,e   Winstein, Carolee J ^c,d  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrasubject reliability; Motor excitability; Rehabilitation; Stroke; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34247580820     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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