Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of motor cortex after stroke: A focused review

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-270

  Corti, Manuela ^a,b   Patten, Carolynn ^a,b   Triggs, William ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric Competition; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARM; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84857195734     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318228bf0c     Document Type: Review

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