Does sensory transcutaneous electrical stimulation enhance motor recovery following a stroke? A systematic review

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 799-809

  Laufer, Yocheved ^a   Elboim Gabyzon, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

motor recovery; sensory; somatosensory; stroke rehabilitation; transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054014315     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310397205     Document Type: Review

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