Stem cell therapy and coordination dynamics therapy to improve spinal cord injury

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 233-253

  Schalow, Giselher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coordination dynamics therapy Human; Coordination dynamics Cell communication; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COORDINATION DYNAMICS THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FROG; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY BULB; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; NERVE REGENERATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 48349138691     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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