Long-term recovery of motor function in a quadriplegic patient with diffuse axonal injury and traumatic hemorrhage: A case report

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Kim, Dong Gyu ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Kim, Oh Lyong ^a   Cho, Yun Woo ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional MRI; Motor recovery; Traumatic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350459240     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0506     Document Type: Article

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