Cortico-muscular coherence as an index of fatigue in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Tomasevic, L ^a,d   Zito, G ^a,b   Pasqualetti, P ^b,d   Filippi, M M ^d   Landi, D ^c,d   Ghazaryan, A ^c,d   Lupoi, D ^d   Porcaro, C ^a,e   Bagnato, F ^f   Rossini, P M ^b,g   Tecchio, F ^a,b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness and volumetry; electroencephalography (EEG); fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CORTICO MUSCULAR COHERENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84874389280     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458512452921     Document Type: Article

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