A single session of 1 mA anodal tDCS-supported motor training does not improve motor performance in patients with multiple sclerosis

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-300

  Meesen, Raf L J ^a,b   Thijs, Herbert ^a,c   Leenus, Daphnie J F ^a   Cuypers, Koen ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Biomedical Kinesiology   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Motor training; Multiple sclerosis; Neural rehabilitation; TDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

MOTOR TRAINING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL REHABILITATION; TDCS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895891153     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-130348     Document Type: Article

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