Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with motor practice on dexterous grasping and manipulation in healthy older adults

Physiological Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Parikh, Pranav J ^a,b   Cole, Kelly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical stimulation; Force; Prehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIP STRENGTH; GROOVED PEGBOARD TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; PRECISION GRIP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 85009110550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.255     Document Type: Article

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