Effects of non-invasive cortical stimulation on skilled motor function in chronic stroke

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 490-499

  Hummel, Friedhelm ^a,b   Celnik, Pablo ^a   Giraux, Pascal ^a   Floel, Agnes ^a   Wu, Wan Hsun ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^b   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Motor control; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JEBSEN TAYLOR HAND FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 15044348999     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh369     Document Type: Article

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