Lack of post-exercise depression of corticospinal excitability in patients with Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 793-796

  Khedr, E M ^a   Galal, O ^a   Said, A ^a   Abd Elsameea, M ^a   Rothwell, J C ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Magnetic stimulation; Peripheral fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34347351326     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01858.x     Document Type: Article

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