Corticospinal responses of quadriceps are abnormally coupled with hip adductors in chronic stroke survivors

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Krishnan, Chandramouli ^a   Dhaher, Yasin ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Across joint coupling; Aging; EMG; Hemiparesis; Lower extremity; MEP; Stroke; Synergy; TDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HIP ADDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE EXTENSION; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL COUPLING RATIO; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856235550     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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