Lasting effects of repeated rTMS application in focal hand dystonia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-65

  Borich, Michael ^a   Arora, Sanjeev ^a   Kimberley, Teresa Jacobson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Handwriting analysis; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249083952     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0461     Document Type: Article

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