Motor cortical hyperexcitability in idiopathic scoliosis: Could focal dystonia be a subclinical etiological factor?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Doménech, Julio ^a   Tormos, José María ^b   Barrios, Carlos ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Cortical hyperexcitability; Cortico cortical inhibition; Dystonia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTICAL HYPEREXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; SCOLIOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77950916682     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1243-y     Document Type: Article

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