Single session of dual-tdcs transiently improves precision grip and dexterity of the paretic hand after stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-110

  Lefebvre, Stéphanie ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Laloux, Patrice ^a   Peeters, André ^b   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Vandermeeren, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Service de Neurologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

precision grip; Purdue Pegboard Test; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; stroke rehabilitation; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRECISION GRIP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PRECISION GRIP; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84892746632     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313478485     Document Type: Article

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