Long-lasting involuntary motor activity after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  McKay, W B ^a   Ovechkin, A V ^b   Vitaz, T W ^a   Terson De Paleville, D G L ^b   Harkema, S J ^b  

^a Norton Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Motor Control Assessment; motor control; spasticity; spinal cord injury; surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TENDON REFLEX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651316613     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.73     Document Type: Article

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