Neurophysiological characterization of motor recovery in acute spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 421-429

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

^a Norton Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

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

^c Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

motor control; motor unit recruitment; recovery; spinal cord injury; surface electromyography; voluntary motor control

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952441123     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.145     Document Type: Article

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