Transcranial magnetic stimulation as an investigative tool for motor dysfunction and recovery in stroke: An overview for neurorehabilitation clinicians

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-325

  Cortes, Mar ^a   Black Schaffer, Randie M ^b   Edwards, Dylan J ^a,b,c  

^a BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor recovery; stroke rehabilitation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN MAPPING; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; STROKE; STUDY DESIGN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84864674949     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00459.x     Document Type: Review

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