Using clinical and robotic assessment tools to examine the feasibility of pairing tDCS with upper extremity physical therapy in patients with stroke and TBI: A consideration-of-concept pilot study

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 741-754

  Middleton, Addie ^a   Fritz, Stacy L ^a   Liuzzo, Derek M ^a   Newman Norlund, Roger ^a   Herter, Troy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

rehabilitation; stroke; TBI; tDCS; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BOX AND BLOCK TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT OF SENSORIMOTOR IMPAIRMENT UE SECTION; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HAND FUNCTION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTIC ASSESSMENT TOOL; ROBOTICS; STROKE IMPACT SCALE 16; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84917743105     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-141178     Document Type: Article

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