ReviewPM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2018
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Poststroke Motor Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities.
Review in PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in addition to constraint-induced movement therapy for post-stroke motor recovery (TRANSPORT2): a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled triple-blind trial.The Lancet. Neurology · 2025Trial
- Concurrent tDCS-fMRI after stroke reveals link between attention network organization and motor improvement.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Electric field simulation and appropriate electrode positioning for optimized transcranial direct current stimulation of stroke patients: an in Silico model.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Stimulation of the Premotor Cortex Enhances Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity in Association with Upper Limb Motor Recovery in Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Stroke.Brain connectivity · 2023Trial
- Breaking the ice to improve motor outcomes in patients with chronic stroke: a retrospective clinical study on neuromodulation plus robotics.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Trial
- Anatomical Characteristics Predict Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): Development of a Computational Pipeline for Optimizing tDCS Protocols.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Behavioral and Neural correlates of Post-STROKE Fatigue: A randomized controlled trial protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Ameliorate Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Exploring the Prospects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) as a Therapeutic Intervention for Post-Stroke Motor Recovery: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Challenges and solutions to optimize stroke recovery trial enrollment and execution.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Transcranial direct current stimulation for chronic headaches, a randomized, controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Bilateral transcranial direct-current stimulation promotes migration of subventricular zone-derived neuroblasts toward ischemic brain.FASEB bioAdvances · 2023Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Chronic Stroke: Is Neuroimaging the Answer to the Next Leap Forward?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Predictive Factors and Interventional Modalities of Post-stroke Motor Recovery: An Overview.Cureus · 2023Review
- A blended neurostimulation protocol to delineate cortico-muscular and spino-muscular dynamics following neuroplastic adaptation.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Remotely monitored transcranial direct current stimulation in pediatric cerebral palsy: open label trial protocol.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
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- A randomized sham-controlled trial on the effects of dual-tDCS "during" physical therapy on lower limb performance in sub-acute stroke and a comparison to the previous study using a "before" stimulation protocol.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Application of tDCS in children with cerebral palsy: A mini review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- The Current State of Knowledge on the Clinical and Methodological Aspects of Extracorporeal Shock Waves Therapy in the Management of Post-Stroke Spasticity-Overview of 20 Years of Experiences.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
There has been a renewed research interest in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunctive tool for poststroke motor recovery as it has a neuro-modulatory effect on the human cortex. However, there are barriers towards its successful application in motor recovery as several scientific issues remain unresolved, including device-related issues (ie, dose-response relationship, safety and tolerability concerns, interhemispheric imbalance model, and choice of montage) and clinical trial-related issues (ie, patient selection, timing of study, and choice of outcomes). This narrative review examines and discusses the existing challenges in using tDCS as a brain modulation tool in facilitating recovery after stroke. Potential solutions pertinent to using tDCS with the goal of harnessing the brains plasticity are proposed.
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