Effect of anodal versus cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation on stroke rehabilitation: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 592-601

  Khedr, Eman M ^a   Shawky, Ola A ^a   El Hammady, Dina H ^a   Rothwell, John C ^b   Darwish, Essam S ^a   Mostafa, Omar M ^a   Tohamy, Amal M ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

motor threshold; stroke rehabilitation; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84880158417     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313484808     Document Type: Article

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