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. 2016 Sep 15;6:33243. doi: 10.1038/srep33243

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Before SCI, the TES-MEPs of all muscles in front and hind limbs were evoked. The TES-MEPs of bilateral hind limbs were not evoked immediately after SCI. The TES-MEPs of bilateral quadriceps femoris were evoked about one month after SCI, but the latency was significantly longer (>10%) than that before SCI and the amplitude significantly decreased (>50%) compared with that before SCI. The TES-MEPs of bilateral gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles were not evoked after SCI. Two months after SCI, the latency was also significantly prolonged and the amplitude was significantly decreased compared with that before SCI, but they were improved step by step. The TES-MEPs of left gastrocnemius were evoked, but the latency was significantly prolonged (>10%) and the amplitude was significantly decreased (>50%). The TES-MEPs of the other muscles were not evoked. Waveforms of evoked potentials were circled in the dashed boxes. “BF SCI” = “Before Spinal Cord Injury”, “AF SCI” = “After Spinal Cord Injury”, “(L)” = “Left limb”, and “(R)” = “Right limb”.