Cycling, a tool for locomotor recovery after motor lesions?

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-80

  Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a,b   Meunier, Sabine ^c,d   Ferrante, Simona ^e   Molteni, Franco ^f   Cohen, Leonardo G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CYCLING; HUMAN; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SKILL; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; WALKING; BICYCLE; CONVALESCENCE; EFFERENT NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BICYCLING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 44449174644     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2008-23107     Document Type: Review

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