Combined transcranial direct current stimulation and home-based occupational therapy for upper limb motor impairment following intracerebral hemorrhage: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 637-643

  Mortensen, Jesper ^a,b   Figlewski, Krystian ^b   Andersen, Henning ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Hammel Neurorehabilitation Centre   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADL; home based intervention; motor impairment; occupational therapy; stroke; tDCS; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DISORDERS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENMARK; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84954480516     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1055379     Document Type: Article

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