Articles by author - Jiri Kriz

Pulmonary dysfunction in patients after cervical spinal cord injury: serial follow-up measurement within the first year post-injury.

Sulc J, Slaby K, Hlinkova Z, Kolar P, Kozak J, Kriz J.

Journal Article 2016; 37(3): 193-201 PubMed PMID: 27618607  Keywords:  Adult, Cervical Cord:injuries, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Lung Diseases:etiology, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle Strength, Prospective Studies, Quadriplegia:etiology, Respiratory Function Tests, Respiratory Muscles:physiopathology.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Respiratory complications are most common cause of morbidity/mortality in patients with cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) due.....

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Primary motor cortex inhibition in spinal cord injuries.

Kriz J, Kozak J, Zedka M.

Journal Article 2012; 33(4): 431-441 PubMed PMID: 22936262  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Case-Control Studies, Efferent Pathways:physiology, Evoked Potentials, Motor:physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Cortex:physiology, Muscle, Skeletal:innervation, Neural Inhibition:physiology, Neuro.    Citation

OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: Excitability changes in the primary motor cortex in 17 spinal-cord injured (SCI) patients and 10 controls were stu.....

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