Combined central and peripheral stimulation to facilitate motor recovery after stroke: The effect of number of sessions on outcome

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 479-483

  Lindenberg, Robert ^a   Zhu, Lin L ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

motor impairment; noninvasive brain stimulation; occupational therapy; stroke recovery; tDCS; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL SENSORIMOTOR STIMULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY FUGL MEYER SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84860850457     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311427568     Document Type: Article

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