Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on post-stroke dysphagia

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-311

  Yang, Eun Joo ^a   Baek, So Ra ^a   Shin, Joonho ^a   Lim, Jong Youb ^a   Jang, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Yu Kyeong ^a   Paik, Nam Jong ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cortical stimulation; Dysphagia; stroke; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL DYSPHAGIA SCALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHARYNX; POST STROKE DYSPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SWALLOWING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIC SWALLOWING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863911094     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2012-110213     Document Type: Article

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