Effect of r-TMS over standard therapy in decreasing muscle tone of spastic cerebral palsy patients

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 210-216

  Gupta, Meena ^a   Lal Rajak, Bablu ^a   Bhatia, Dinesh ^a   Mukherjee, Arun ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UDAAN for the disabled   (India)

Author keywords

motor cortex; muscle tone; Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (r TMS); spasticity; Upper Motor Neuron (UMN)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE TONE; SPASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCLE TONE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84961393328     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2016.1161854     Document Type: Article

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