The clinical characteristics of motor function in chronic hemiparetic stroke patients with complete corticospinal tract injury

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-213

  Cho, Hae Min ^a   Choi, Byung Yeon ^a   Chang, Chul Hoon ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Lee, Jun ^a   Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; diffusion tensor tractography; motor function; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSPINAL TRACT INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE PATIENT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84866880369     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0790     Document Type: Article

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