Dual-hemisphere repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for rehabilitation of poststroke aphasia: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 740-750

  Khedr, Eman M ^a   Abo El Fetoh, Noha ^a   Ali, Anwer M ^a   El Hammady, Dina H ^b   Khalifa, Hosam ^a   Atta, Haisam ^b   Karim, Ahmed A ^c,d  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Riedlingen University SRH FernHochschule   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

aphasia; Broca's area; cortical plasticity; hemispheric role; neurorehabilitation; stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUAL HEMISPHERE REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC STROKE SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; POSTSTROKE APHASIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE APHASIC DEPRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE HOSPITAL VERSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901658723     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314521009     Document Type: Article

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