Somatosensory evoked potentials reflect the upper limb motor performance in multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Nociti, Viviana ^a,b   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a   Bartalini, Simona ^c   Caggiula, Marcella ^b   Patti, Francesco ^d   Profice, Paolo ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^e   Tonali, Pietro ^a,b   Ulivelli, Monica ^c   Valentino, Paola ^e   Virdis, Daniela ^a   Zappia, Mario ^d   Padua, Luca ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

9 Hole Peg Test; Ashworth scale; DASH; Multiple sclerosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Upper limb performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 50049132858     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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