Corticospinal tract integrity correlates with knee extensor weakness in chronic stroke survivors

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1588-1594

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a   Krishnan, Chandramouli ^b   Jayaraman, Arun ^b,c   Rymer, William Z ^b,c   Stinear, James W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Muscle weakness; Quadriceps; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960206326     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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