A meta-analysis of the efficacy of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation for upper limb motor recovery in stroke survivors

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-171

  Butler, Andrew J ^a,b   Shuster, Margaret ^c   O'Hara, Erin ^c   Hurley, Kevin ^c   Middlebrooks, Dionne ^c   Guilkey, Karen ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC FIELD; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84876416075     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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