Reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation-related measurements of tibialis anterior muscle in healthy subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 414-419

  Cacchio, Angelo ^a,b   Cimini, Nicola ^b   Alosi, Paolo ^b   Santilli, Valter ^a   Marrelli, Alfonso ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Motor cortex; Reliability; Tibialis anterior muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149097151     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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