Transcranial direct current stimulation during treadmill training in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2840-2848

  Grecco, Luanda André Collange ^a,b,c   Duarte, Natália de Almeida Carvalho ^a,b   Mendonça, Mariana E ^d   Cimolin, VerÔnica ^e   Galli, Manuela ^e,f   Fregni, Felipe ^c   Oliveira, Claudia Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgical Center (CENEPE)   (Brazil)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Functional mobility; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905457092     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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