Transcranial direct current stimulation facilitates motor learning post-stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 345-355

  Kang, Nyeonju ^a   Summers, Jeffery J ^b,c   Cauraugh, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; EFFECT SIZE; GAIT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940836882     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311242     Document Type: Review

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