Effects on decreasing upper-limb poststroke muscle tone using transcranial direct current stimulation: A randomized sham-controlled study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Dongyu ^a   Qian, Long ^a   Zorowitz, Richard D ^b   Zhang, Lei ^c   Qu, Yaping ^a   Yuan, Ying ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation therapy; Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR RECOVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84871616794     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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