Single-session tDCS-supported retraining does not improve fine motor control in musician's dystonia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Buttkus, Franziska ^a   Baur, Volker ^a,d   Jabusch, Hans Christian ^b   De La Cruz Gomez Pellin, Maria ^a   Paulus, Walter ^c   Nitsche, Michael A ^c   Altenmüller, Eckart ^a  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Focal dystonia; motor control; neuronal plasticity; retraining; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSICIAN'S DYSTONIA; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR RETRAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLACEBOS;

EID: 79959194006     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0582     Document Type: Article

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