A comparison of relative-frequency and threshold-hunting methods to determine stimulus intensity in transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-712

  Silbert, B I ^a   Patterson, H I ^a   Pevcic, D D ^a   Windnagel, K A ^a   Thickbroom, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

IFCN; PEST; Rossini Rothwell; Threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION BY SEQUENTIAL TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ROSSINI ROTHWELL RELATIVE FREQUENCY METHOD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875076562     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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