Functional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation increases motor cortex excitability in survivors of stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 371-378

  Massie, Crystal L ^a   Tracy, Brian L ^b   Malcolm, Matthew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Motor control; Rehabilitation; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84872378647     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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