Motor and gait improvement in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury induced by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Benito, J ^a   Kumru, H ^a   Murillo, N ^a   Costa, U ^a   Medina, J ^a   Tormos, J ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b   Vidal, J ^a  

^a University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gait; spasticity; spinal cord injury; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84859800363     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1802-106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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