Transcranial direct current stimulation ameliorates tactile sensory deficit in multiple sclerosis

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 654-659

  Mori, Francesco ^a   Nicoletti, Carolina G ^a   Kusayanagi, Hajime ^a   Foti, Calogero ^b   Restivo, Domenico A ^c   Marciani, Maria Grazia ^a,d   Centonze, Diego ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Nuovo Garibaldi   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grating orientation task; Hypoesthesia; Randomized controlled clinical trial; Rehabilitation; Spatial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DEFECT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

GRATING ORIENTATION TASK; HYPOESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; REHABILITATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879960368     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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