Facilitation of corticospinal connections in able-bodied people and people with central nervous system disorders using eight interventions

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-78

  Stein, Richard B ^a   Everaert, Dirk G ^a   Roy, François D ^a   Chong, Suling ^a   Soleimani, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Neural plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL CONNECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; M WAVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873361330     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31827ed6bd     Document Type: Article

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