Effect of repetitive afferent electrical stimulation of the lower limb on corticomotor excitability and implications for rehabilitation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-439

  Léonard, Guillaume ^a,b   Mercier, Catherine ^a   Tremblay, Louis E ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential (MEP); Plasticity; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FERMORIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOMOTOR EXCITABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION; THIGH;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875216009     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.02.049     Document Type: Article

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