Contralesional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for chronic hemiparesis in subcortical paediatric stroke: a randomised trial

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-513

  Kirton, Adam ^a   Chen, Robert ^b   Friefeld, Sharon ^b   Gunraj, Carolyn ^b   Pontigon, Anne Marie ^c   deVeber, Gabrielle ^c  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARESIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249090767     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70096-6     Document Type: Article

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