Long-term effects on cortical excitability and motor recovery induced by repeated muscle vibration in chronic stroke patients

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-60

  Marconi, Barbara ^a   Filippi, Guido M ^b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,c   Giacobbe, Viola ^a   Pecchioli, Cristiano ^a   Versace, Viviana ^a   Camerota, Filippo ^d   Saraceni, Vincenzo M ^d   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor recovery; Muscle vibration; Stroke rehabilitation; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR MAP AREA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 79953879397     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310376757     Document Type: Article

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