High-frequency rTMS applied over bilateral leg motor areas combined with mobility training for gait disturbance after stroke: A preliminary study

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1080-1086

  Kakuda, Wataru ^a   Abo, Masahiro ^a   Watanabe, Shu ^a   Momosaki, Ryo ^a   Hashimoto, Gentaro ^a   Nakayama, Yasuhide ^a   Kiyama, Atsushi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait disturbance; Mobility training; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84880214244     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.794973     Document Type: Article

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