Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation paired with upper-limb rehabilitation after ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-150

  Dawson, Jesse ^a   Pierce, David ^c,d   Dixit, Anand ^e   Kimberley, Teresa J ^f   Robertson, Michele ^b   Tarver, Brent ^d   Hilmi, Omar ^g   Mclean, John ^h   Forbes, Kirsten ^h   Kilgard, Michael P ^d,i   Rennaker, Robert L ^d   Cramer, Steven C ^j   Walters, Matthew ^a   Engineer, Navzer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MicroTransponder Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

deglutition disorders; intention to treat analysis; rehabilitation; stroke; vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT UPPER EXTREMITY SCORE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NECK TINGLING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TASTE DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UPPER LIMB;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84952630985     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010477     Document Type: Article

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