Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials and electrical perception thresholds during recovery from cervical spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Kramer, John K ^a,b   Taylor, Philippa ^a,b   Steeves, John D ^a,b   Curt, Armin ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Outcome measures; Sensory threshold; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord injury prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DERMIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951135214     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309348312     Document Type: Article

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