Transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with physiotherapy in rehabilitation of poststroke hemiparesis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1072-1079

  Seniów, Joanna ^a   Bilik, Marta ^a   Leśniak, Marcin ^a   Waldowski, Konrad ^b   Iwański, Szczepan ^a   Członkowska, Anna ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

paresis; stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND PARESIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR TRAINING; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84867322902     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312445635     Document Type: Article

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