A pilot feasibility study of daily rTMS to modify corticospinal excitability during lower limb immobilization

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1127-1134

  Ricci, Raffaella ^a,b   Ramsey, Dave ^c   Johnson, Kevin ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a   Vallejo, Matthew ^a   Roberts, Donna R ^a   George, Mark S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c South Carolina Housing Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb disuse; Motor cortex; Motor recovery; Plasticity; rTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CAST REMOVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 56749153032     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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