Who is going to walk? A review of the factors influencing walking recovery after spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Scivoletto, Giorgio ^a   Tamburella, Federica ^a   Laurenza, Letizia ^a   Torre, Monica ^a   Molinari, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prognostic factors; Spinal cord injury; Walking recovery

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ANTERIOR CORD SYNDROME; BABINSKI REFLEX; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED MYOPATHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING RECOVERY;

EID: 84907169881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00141     Document Type: Review

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