The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the expression of the flexor synergy in the paretic arm in chronic stroke is dependent on shoulder abduction loading

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Yao, Jun ^a   Drogos, Justin ^a   Veltink, Fleur ^b   Anderson, Caitlyn ^a   Zaa, Janny Concha Urday ^a   Hanson, Laura Imming ^a   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion synergy; Motor control disorders; Reaching arm movements; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933673069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00262     Document Type: Article

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