Low-frequency rTMS promotes use-dependent motor plasticity in chronic stroke: A randomized trial

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 256-264

  Avenanti, A ^a,b   Coccia, M ^c   Ladavas, E ^a,b   Provinciali, L ^c   Ceravolo, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive Polo Scientifico Didattico di Cesena   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857729624     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182436558     Document Type: Article

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