Enhancement of cortical excitability and lower limb motor function in patients with stroke by transcranial direct current stimulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 561-566

  Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Kim, Dae Yul ^a   Park, Dae Hwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Lower limb; Motor function; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL AMBULATORY CATEGORY; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LEG DISEASE; LOWER LIMB MOTRICITY INDEX; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE STIMULATOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84942983434     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.411     Document Type: Article

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