Anodal tDCS Combined with Radial Nerve Stimulation Promotes Hand Motor Recovery in the Acute Phase after Ischemic Stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 743-754

  Sattler, Virginie ^a,b,c   Acket, Blandine ^a,b,c   Raposo, Nicolas ^a,b   Albucher, Jean François ^a,b   Thalamas, Claire ^d   Loubinoux, Isabelle ^b   Chollet, François ^a,b,c   Simonetta Moreau, Marion ^a,b,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

acute phase; peripheral nerve stimulation; rehabilitation; stroke; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIAL NERVE STIMULATION; TAYLOR HAND FUNCTION TEST; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER LESION; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIAL NERVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIAL NERVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940105608     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314565465     Document Type: Article

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