Transcranial direct current stimulation to primary motor area improves hand dexterity and selective attention in chronic stroke

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1057-1064

  Au Yeung, Stephanie S Y ^a   Wang, Juliana ^a   Chen, Ye ^a   Chua, Eldrich ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Selective attention; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84914821569     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000127     Document Type: Article

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