Noninvasive spinal cord stimulation: Technical aspects and therapeutic applications

Neuromodulation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 580-590

  Nardone, Raffaele ^a,b   Höller, Yvonne ^a   Taylor, Alexandra ^a   Thomschewski, Aljoscha ^a   Orioli, Andrea ^b   Frey, Vanessa ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a   Brigo, Francesco ^b,c  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Merano   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical trans spinal stimulation; magnetic trans spinal stimulation; repetitive magnetic stimulation; spinal cord disorder; transcutaneous direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REPETITIVE MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL REFLEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DEVICES; MAGNETOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84944442175     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12332     Document Type: Article

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