Electroencephalogram Alpha Oscillations in Stroke Recovery: Insights into Neural Mechanisms from Combined Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Mirror Therapy in Relation to Activities of Daily Life.

Chia-Lun Liu, Ya-Wen Tu, Ming-Wei Li, Ku-Chou Chang, Chih-Hung Chang, Chih-Kuang Chen, Ching-Yi Wu

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Role of Electroencephalographic Biomarkers as Predictors of Post-Stroke Cognitive Outcomes in Patients with Cerebral Infarction: Literature Review.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026
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Chia-Lun LiuDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.

Ya-Wen TuDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, New Taipei 221, Taiwan.

Ming-Wei LiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, New Taipei 221, Taiwan.

Ku-Chou ChangDivision of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan.

Chih-Hung ChangProgram in Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3733-6638

Chih-Kuang ChenDepartment of Medicine, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.

Ching-Yi WuDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4726-2916

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital BMRP553, CMRPD1M0043Healthy Aging Research Center at Chang Gung University URRPD1P0181National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan NHRI-EX113-11105PINational Science and Technology Council in Taiwan NSTC 111-2314-B-182-037-629 MY3

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The goal of stroke rehabilitation is to establish a robust protocol for patients to live independently in community. Firstly, we examined the impact of 3 hybridized transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)-mirror therapy interventions on activities of daily life (ADL) in stroke patients. Secondly, we explored the underlying therapeutic mechanisms with theory-driven electroencephalography (EEG) indexes in the alpha band. This was achieved by identifying the unique contributions of alpha power in motor production to ADL in relation to the premotor cortex (PMC), primary cortex (M1), and Sham tDCS with mirror therapy. The results showed that, although post-intervention ADL improvement was comparable among the three tDCS groups, one of the EEG indexes differentiated the interventions. Neural-behavioral correlation analyses revealed that different types of ADL improvements consistently corresponded with alpha power in the temporal lobe exclusively in the PMC tDCS group (all

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activities of daily functionEEG oscillatory activityneurorehabilitationstroketDCS

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PMID39061800

DOI10.3390/bioengineering11070717

PMCPMC11273914

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