Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor control after spinal cord injury

Nature Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-145

  Wenger, Nikolaus ^a,b   Moraud, Eduardo Martin ^a   Gandar, Jerome ^a   Musienko, Pavel ^a,c,d,e   Capogrosso, Marco ^a,f   Baud, Laetitia ^a   Le Goff, Camille G ^a   Barraud, Quentin ^a   Pavlova, Natalia ^a,c   Dominici, Nadia ^a,g   Minev, Ivan R ^a   Asboth, Leonie ^a   Hirsch, Arthur ^a   Duis, Simone ^a   Kreider, Julie ^a   Mortera, Andrea ^a   Haverbeck, Oliver ^h   Kraus, Silvio ^h   Schmitz, Felix ⁱ   DiGiovanna, Jack ^a   Van Den Brand, Rubia ^a   Bloch, Jocelyne ^j   Detemple, Peter ⁱ   Lacour, Stéphanie P ^a   Bézard, Erwan ^k,l,m   Micera, Silvestro ^a,f   Courtine, Grégoire ^a,j   more..

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Res Inst of Physiopulmonology   (Russian Federation)

^f SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^g VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h Micromotion GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

^j LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^k Williams House   (China)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^m INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; QUIPAZINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDURANCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HINDLIMB; HINDLIMB MUSCLE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMPLANTED SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROREHABILITATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; RAT; REHABILITATION CARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL NEUROMODULATION THERAPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE IMPLANT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; INNERVATION; KINETICS; LEWIS RAT; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL ROOT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84957432137     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.4025     Document Type: Article

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