Brain stimulation paired with novel locomotor training with robotic gait orthosis in chronic stroke: A feasibility study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-76

  Danzl, Megan M ^a   Chelette, Kenneth C ^b   Lee, Kara ^c   Lykins, Dana ^c   Sawaki, Lumy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

electric stimulation; lower extremity; Neuronal plasticity; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84883875135     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130929     Document Type: Article

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