Effect of transcranial direct-current stimulation combined with treadmill training on balance and functional performance in children with cerebral palsy: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  De Almeida Carvalho Duarte, Natália ^a   Grecco, Luanda André Collange ^a   Galli, Manuela ^b   Fregni, Felipe ^c   Santos Oliveira, Cláudia ^a  

^a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences   (Brazil)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STABILOMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940341034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105777     Document Type: Article

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