Corticomotor Excitability Effects of Peripheral Nerve Electrical Stimulation to the Paretic Arm in Stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: A 1-hr PNS alone to the paretic arm could increase corticomotor excitability in both hemispheres, together with hand dexterity improvement in people presented with mild-to-moderate motor impairment in the paretic upper limb after stroke.
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PMID: 28383292 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medical Physics - Category: Physics Authors: Liu H, Au-Yeung SS Tags: Am J Phys Med Rehabil Source Type: research
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