Optimal transcranial direct current stimulation polarity for enhancing motor recovery from severe post-stroke hemiparesis

If it enhances outcomes write up a fucking stroke protocol.  A great stroke association president would make sure all stroke research with positive outcomes would be written up in a publicly available stroke protocol. Otherwise this research is just wasted.
http://www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-861X(17)30738-6/abstract

Elizabeth Powell

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Cheryl Carrico

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Kenneth Chelette

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Laurie Nichols

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Lumy Sawaki

Abstract #76

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2017.04.080

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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to enhance outcomes of motor training for subjects with mild to moderate post-stroke motor deficit. To determine which tDCS configuration optimizes motor training in cases of severe post-stroke hemiparesis (≤ 19 out of 60, Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) upper extremity motor score), this study randomized 26 subjects to 1 of 4 conditions: 1) “anodal” (anodal tDCS to the ipsilesional motor cortex); 2) “cathodal” (cathodal tDCS to the contralesional motor cortex); 3) “dual” (anodal tDCS to the ipsilesional motor cortex and cathodal tDCS to the contralesional motor cortex); or 4) “sham” tDCS.

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