Mode of hand training determines cortical reorganisation: Arandomized controlled study in healthy adults

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-794

  Brogårdh, Christina ^a,b   Johansson, Fredrik W ^a   Nygren, Frida ^a   Sjölund, Bengt H ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cortical shift; Dexterity; Hand training; Healthy subjects; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956409642     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0588     Document Type: Article

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