Transcranial direct current stimulation was no better than sham stimulation in strengthening hand function after stroke when ...

Neither a placebo procedure nor two different doses of transcranial brain stimulation, which send electrical signals through the skull, improved mobility recovery in stroke survivors receiving ...

Patients normally go through a course of physiotherapy to help them regain hand and arm ... the areas damaged by stroke. Each time the patient performs a task during the therapy session, the ...

Outside of stroke, tDCS has had major setbacks in recent years. The DepressionDC study found it to be no better than sham as an adjunct to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy for major ...

Mild electrical brain stimulation did not further improve motor recovery in stroke survivors, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association's International ...

with occupational or physical therapy to help ischemic stroke survivors improve their hand and arm function 2-3 times more than traditional stroke therapy alone. "These outcomes are especially ...

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) restricts movement on the unaffected arm (by wearing a mitt over a hand) to force the use of the stroke-affected side. This therapy has been shown to ...