Slowed down: Response time deficits in well-recovered subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2020-2026

  Labruyère, Rob ^a,b,c   Zimmerli, Marion ^a,b   Van Hedel, Hubertus J ^a,c  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neurophysiology; Paraplegia; Reaction time; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARAPLEGIA; RESPONSE TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION; ASIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMG; INCOMPLETE SCI; ISCI; LED; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; MEP; MOTOR-EVOKED POTENTIAL; MWUT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARAPLEGIA; REACTION TIME; REHABILITATION; SCI; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TMS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TUG;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

EID: 84884703345     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.04.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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