Improving gait and balance in patients with leukoaraiosis using transcranial direct current stimulation and physical training: An exploratory study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 864-871

  Kaski, Diego ^a   Dominguez, Raul Omar ^b   Allum, John H ^c   Bronstein, Adolfo M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c University ORL Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gait; leukoaraiosis; rehabilitation; small vessel disease; training; transcranial direct current stimulation; white matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE RETROPULSION TEST; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VELOCITY; WALKING;

GAIT; LEUKOARAIOSIS; REHABILITATION; SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84885404420     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313496328     Document Type: Article

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