Systematic review of parameters of stimulation, clinical trial design characteristics, and motor outcomes in non-invasive brain stimulation in stroke

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Adeyemo, Bamidele O ^a   Simis, Marcel ^a,b   Macea, Debora Duarte ^a,c   Fregni, Felipe ^a,d  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b Medical School of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo SP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRURITUS; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TINGLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84870935663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00088     Document Type: Article

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