Normative data and long-term test-retest reliability of the triple stimulation technique (TST) in multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-364

  Hofstadt van Oy, U ^a   Keune, P M ^a,b   Muenssinger, J ^a   Hagenburger, D ^a   Oschmann, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis (MS); Test retest reliability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Triple stimulation technique (TST)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIPLE STIMULATION TECHNIQUE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84921547114     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.032     Document Type: Article

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