Transcranial direct current stimulation in the recovery of postural control after stroke: A pilot study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1857-1863

  Saeys, Wim ^a,b,c   Vereeck, Luc ^a,b   Lafosse, Christophe ^c   Truijen, Steven ^a,b   Wuyts, Floris L ^b   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Rehabilitation Hospital RevArte   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Postural balance; stroke; TDCS; therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939818163     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.982834     Document Type: Article

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