Spinal cord contusion based on precise vertebral stabilization and tissue displacement measured by combined assessment to discriminate small functional differences

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1227-1240

  Zhang, Yi Ping ^a   Burke, Darlene A ^a   Shields, Lisa B E ^a   Chekmenev, Sergey Y ^b   Dincman, Toros ^a   Zhang, Yongjie ^a   Zheng, Yiyan ^a   Smith, Rebecca R ^a   Benton, Richard L ^a   DeVries, William H ^a   Hu, Xiaoling ^a   Magnuson, David S K ^a   Whittemore, Scott R ^a   Shields, Christopher B ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

BBB; Spinal cord injury; SSEP; tcMMEP; Tissue displacement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LOUISVILLE INJURY SYSTEM APPARATUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 55549111229     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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