Respiratory Motor Control Disrupted by Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms, Evaluation, and Restoration

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-473

  de Paleville, Daniela G L Terson ^a,b   McKay, William B ^c   Folz, Rodney J ^a   Ovechkin, Alexander V ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Norton Healthcare   (United States)

^d Frazier Rehab Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Rehabilitation; Respiratory function; Respiratory muscles; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPIROMETRY; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE;

EID: 83355173933     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0114-0     Document Type: Review

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