Assessment of corticospinal excitability after traumatic spinal cord injury using MEP recruitment curves: A preliminary TMS study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 534-538

  Nardone, R ^a,b,c   Holler Y ^a,c   Thomschewski, A ^a,c   Bathke, A C ^d,e   Ellis, A R ^e   Golaszewski, S M ^a   Brigo, F ^b,f   Trinka, E ^a,c  

^a Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Paris Lodron University   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CERVICAL CORD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84936985583     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2015.12     Document Type: Article

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