Applying anodal tDCS during tango dancing in a patient with Parkinson's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 568, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-43

  Kaski, D ^a   Allum, J H ^c   Bronstein, A M ^a   Dominguez, R O ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c University ORL Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dance; Parkinson's disease; Physical therapy; Tango; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; PIRIBEDIL; SELEGILINE;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DANCE THERAPY; DANCING; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATOR; PARALLEL DESIGN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRUNK; VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DANCING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84898869537     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.03.043     Document Type: Article

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