Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jun 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialCombined transcranial direct current stimulation and robot-assisted gait training in patients with chronic stroke: a preliminary comparison.
To evaluate whether robot-assisted gait training combined with transcranial direct current stimulation is more effective than robot-assisted gait training alone or conventional walking rehabilitation for improving walking ability in stroke patients. ⋯ In the present pilot study transcranial direct current stimulation had no additional effect on robot-assisted gait training in patients with chronic stroke. Larger studies are required to confirm these preliminary findings.