Variability in step training enhances locomotor recovery after a spinal cord injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2054-2062

  Shah, Prithvi K ^a   Gerasimenko, Yury ^a,b   Shyu, Andrew ^a   Lavrov, Igor ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   Edgerton, Victor R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Rat; Spinal transection; Step training; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; KINEMATICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84863205028     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08106.x     Document Type: Article

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