Phase-dependent modulation of percutaneously elicited multisegmental muscle responses after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2808-2820

  Dy, Christine J ^a,c   Gerasimenko, Yury P ^a,d   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a,b   Dyhre Poulsen, Poul ^e   Courtine, Grégoire ^f   Harkema, Susan J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REFLEX; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952976620     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00316.2009     Document Type: Article

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