To examine this assumption, 12 patients with chronic, complete SCI and 12 controls underwent functional MRI during attempted, and during imagined, right foot movement, each at two force levels. E-mail: therapies under development to restore motor function after spinal cord injury (SCI) assume intact brain motor functions.
Cramer, MD, University of California, Irvine, UCI Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Building 53, Room 203, Orange, CA 92868-4280, USA. Cohen2,3 1 Departments of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Reeve-Irvine Research Center and 2 Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3 Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System and 4 Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USAĬorrespondence to: Steven C. «Función del sistema motriz del cerebro después de la lesión de la médula espinal completa y crónica.»