A protocol for the use of remotely-supervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in multiple sclerosis (MS)

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 106, 2015, Pages

  Kasschau, Margaret ^a,b   Sherman, Kathleen ^a,b   Haider, Lamia ^b   Frontario, Ariana ^a,b   Shaw, Michael ^a,b   Datta, Abhishek ^c   Bikson, Marom ^d   Charvet, Leigh ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Soterix Medical Inc   (United States)

^d City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Instructional video; Issue 106; Medicine; Multiple sclerosis; TDCS; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84952836948     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53542     Document Type: Article

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