Effects of repeated anodal tDCS coupled with cognitive training for patients with severe traumatic brain injury: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Leśniak, Marcin ^a   Polanowska, Katarzyna ^a   Seniów, Joanna ^a   Członkowska, Anna ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

cognitive rehabilitation; transcranial direct current stimulation; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900493267     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e318292a4c2     Document Type: Article

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