Vibration-induced effects in stroke patients with spastic hemiparesis - A pilot study

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 729-735

  Liepert, Joachim ^a   Binder, Christian ^a  

^a Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortical silent period; dexterity; Spastic hemiparesis; stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation; vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 78650260077     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0541     Document Type: Article

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