Spinal cord stimulationP: Therapeutic benefits and movement generation after spinal cord injury

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-296

  Tator, Charles H ^a   Minassian, Karen ^b   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84867753885     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52137-8.00018-8     Document Type: Chapter

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