After vs. priming effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on upper extremity motor recovery in patients with subacute stroke

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-312

  Fusco, Augusto ^a   Iosa, Marco ^a   Venturiero, Vincenzo ^a   De Angelis, Domenico ^a   Morone, Giovanni ^a   Maglione, Luisa ^a   Bragoni, Maura ^a   Coiro, Paola ^a   Pratesi, Luca ^a   Paolucci, Stefano ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Manual force; Motor learning; Stroke rehabilitation; Upper limb function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; EXCITABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BRAIN STIMULATION; MANUAL FORCE; MOTOR LEARNING; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84895878985     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-130349     Document Type: Article

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