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Enrico Rejc1, Claudia A Angeli2

  • 1Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville, 220 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
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PubMed

Keywords:
Activity-based trainingEpidural stimulationNeuromodulationRehabilitationSpinal cord injurySpinal motor learning

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