Motor improvement and corticospinal modulation induced by hybrid assistive neuromuscular dynamic stimulation (HANDS) therapy in patients with chronic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Fujiwara, Toshiyuki ^a   Kasashima, Yuko ^a   Honaga, Kaoru ^a   Muraoka, Yoshihiro ^b   Tsuji, Tetsuya ^a   Osu, Rieko ^c,d   Hase, Kimitaka ^a   Masakado, Yoshihisa ^e   Liu, Meigen ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Hemiparesis; Intracortical inhibition; Reciprocal inhibition; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Upper extremity function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYBRID ASSISTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR DYNAMIC STIMULATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPLINT; STROKE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPLINTS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849105455     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308321777     Document Type: Article

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