Neuromodulation of lower limb motor control in restorative neurology

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 489-497

  Minassian, Karen ^a,b   Hofstoetter, Ursula ^a,b   Tansey, Keith ^c,d,e   Mayr, Winfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Locomotion; Motor control; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromodulation; Restorative neurology; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROLOGY; PARALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84860255358     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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