Transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of focal hand dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1698-1702

  Benninger, David H ^a,b   Lomarev, Mikhail ^a,c   Lopez, Grisel ^a   Pal, Natassja ^a   Luckenbaugh, David A ^d   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Focal hand dystonia; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Therapeutic study; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79961209225     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23691     Document Type: Article

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