Effect of single-session repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation applied over the hand versus leg motor area on pain after spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 636-643

  Jetté, Fanny ^a,b,c   Côté, Isabelle ^b,c   Meziane, Hadj Boumediene ^a   Mercier, Catherine ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

central pain; neuropathic pain; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84881011769     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313484810     Document Type: Article

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