Repetitive common peroneal nerve stimulation increases ankle dorsiflexor motor evoked potentials in incomplete spinal cord lesions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Thompson, Aiko K ^a,b   Lapallo, Brandon ^b   Duffield, Michael ^c   Abel, Briana M ^a   Pomerantz, Ferne ^a  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Foot drop; Plasticity; Spasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD LESION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPETITIVE COMMON PERONEUS NERVE STIMULATION; REST; SPINAL CORD LESION; THERAPY EFFECT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79953822585     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2607-1     Document Type: Article

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