Impaired transmission in the corticospinal tract and gait disability in spinal cord injured persons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1167-1176

  Barthélemy, Dorothy ^a,f   Willerslev Olsen, Maria ^a   Lundell, Henrik ^a,c   Conway, Bernard A ^e   Knudsen, Hanne ^d   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^b,d   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD INJURY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955979327     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00382.2010     Document Type: Article

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