Combined Brain and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Chronic Stroke Patients With Moderate to Severe Motor Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate effects of somatosensory stimulation in the form of repetitive peripheral nerve sensory stimulation (RPSS) in combination with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), tDCS alone, RPSS alone, or sham RPSS + tDCS as add-on interventions to training of wrist extension with functional electrical stimulation (FES), in chronic stroke patients with moderate to severe upper limb impairments in a crossover design. We hypothesized that the combination of RPSS and tDCS would enhance the effects of FES on active range of movement (ROM) of the paretic wrist to a greater extent than RPSS alone, tDCS alone or sham RPSS + tDCS.

Materials and methods

The primary outcome was the active ROM of extension of the paretic wrist. Secondary outcomes were ROM of wrist f

SUBMITTER: Menezes IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5801160 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature