A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the motor system: An international consensus study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1698-1704

  Chipchase, Lucy ^a   Schabrun, Siobhan ^a   Cohen, Leonardo ^b   Hodges, Paul ^a   Ridding, Michael ^c   Rothwell, John ^d   Taylor, Janet ^e   Ziemann, Ulf ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Checklist; Consensus; Expert; Motor system; Reporting; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; STUDY DESIGN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84864402818     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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