Cortical effect and functional recovery by the electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation in chronic stroke patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 442, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Shin, Hwa Kyung ^a   Cho, Sang Hyun ^b   Jeon, Hye seon ^b   Lee, Young Hee ^c   Song, Jun Chan ^d   Jang, Sung Ho ^e   Lee, Chu Hee ^e   Kwon, Yong Hyun ^f  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kyungbuk College   (South Korea)

^e Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electromyography triggered neuromuscular stimulation; Functional MRI; Motor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; WRIST;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 48949088181     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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