Driving plasticity in the motor cortex in recurrent low back pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 832-839

  Tsao, Henry ^a   Galea, Mary P ^b   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor cortex; Recurrent low back pain; Skilled motor training; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; POSTURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77955654224     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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