Brain activity during stepping: A novel MRI-compatible device

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Hollnagel, Christoph ^a   Brügger, Mike ^a,b   Vallery, Heike ^a   Wolf, Peter ^a   Dietz, Volker ^c   Kollias, Spyros ^b   Riener, Robert ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FMRI; Foot loading; Gait like movements; Head fixation; MR robotics; Therapy assessment

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVICE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SUPINE POSITION; WALKING;

ADULT; BRAIN; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80052331525     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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