Corticomotor facilitation in vegetative state: Results of a pilot study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1599-1606

  Pistoia, Francesca ^a,b   Sacco, Simona ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a   Sarà, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Minimally conscious state; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOMOTOR FACILITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PILOT STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; APB; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA RECOVERY SCALE-REVISED; CRS-R; MCS; MEP; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MOTOR-EVOKED POTENTIAL; REHABILITATION; TMS; TMS-CF; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION CORTICOMOTOR FACILITATION; VEGETATIVE STATE; VS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880923214     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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