Supratentorial ischemic stroke: More than an upper motor neuron disorder

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 450-455

  Van Kuijk, Annette A ^a,b   Pasman, Jaco W ^a   Hendricks, Henk T ^a   Schelhaas, Jurgen H ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a   Geurts, Alexander C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Revalidatiecentrum Leijpark   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMAP; EMG; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGIT MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADICULOPATHY; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 37349098322     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181590371     Document Type: Article

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