Cortical activity and hand function restoration in a patient after spinal cord surgery

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 571-574

  Carlstedt, Thomas ^a   Hultgren, Tomas ^b   Nyman, Torbjörn ^c   Hansson, Thomas ^c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONOPLEGIA; NERVE GRAFT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 70349728573     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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