Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on lower extremity spasticity and motor function in stroke patients

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 1918-1926

  Rastgoo, Maryam ^a   Naghdi, Sofia ^b   Nakhostin Ansari, Noureddin ^b   Olyaei, Gholamreza ^b   Jalaei, Shohreh ^b   Forogh, Bijan ^c   Najari, Hamidreza ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

H reflex; motor function; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; spasticity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IRAN; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IRAN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958524932     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1107780     Document Type: Article

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