Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Motor Recovery Studies Exhibit a Dose-Response Relationship

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-26

  Chhatbar, Pratik Y ^a   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Kautz, Steven ^b,c   George, Mark S ^a,c   Adams, Robert J ^a   Feng, Wuwei ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Hedge's g; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Motor recovery; Stroke; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CURRENT DENSITY; EFFECT SIZE; FUGL MEYER UPPER EXTREMITY SCALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; AGED; CONVALESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB;

AGED; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84945547870     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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