Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and robotic practice in chronic stroke: The dimension of timing

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Giacobbe, V ^a   Krebs, H I ^b   Volpe, B T ^c   Pascual Leone, A ^d,e   Rykman, A ^a   Zeiarati, G ^a   Fregni, F ^d,f   Dipietro, L ^b   Thickbroom, G W ^g   Edwards, D J ^a,d,g  

^a Burke Cornell Medical Research Institute   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^f and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

robotic training; stroke; tDCS; timing; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; ROBOTIC MOTOR PRACTICE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SURVIVOR; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84883873315     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130927     Document Type: Article

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