Effects of anodal and cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation combined with robotic therapy on severely affected arms in chronic stroke patients

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-140

  Ochi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Saeki, Satoru ^a,b   Oda, Taiji ^a   Matsushima, Yasuyuki ^a   Hachisuka, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Motor recovery; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875985301     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1099     Document Type: Article

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