The relation between motor function of stroke patients and diffusion tensor imaging findings for the corticospinal tract

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 572, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Kyoung ^b   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Jang, Woo Hyuk ^a   Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor function; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; STROKE PATIENT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901010130     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.04.044     Document Type: Article

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