Action of 5Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sensory, motor and autonomic function in human spinal cord injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2452-2461

  Kuppuswamy, A ^a   Balasubramaniam, A V ^a   Maksimovic, R ^a   Mathias, C J ^a   Gall, A ^b   Craggs, M D ^b,c   Ellaway, P H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASIA impairment scale; Electrical perceptual threshold; Motor evoked potentials; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic skin response

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ARM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 80855143699     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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