May Dual Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhance the Efficacy of Robot-Assisted Therapy for Promoting Upper Limb Recovery in Chronic Stroke?
Giovanni MoroneFioravante CaponeMarco IosaAlessandro CrucianiMatteo PaolucciAlex Martino CinneraGabriella MusumeciNicoletta BrunelliCarmelina CostaStefano PaolucciVincenzo Di LazzaroPublished in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2022)
The adjunction of dual tDCS to robotic arm training did not further enhance recovery in the treated sample of patients with chronic stroke. However, a significant improvement in the subgroup of patients with a severe corticospinal dysfunction (as suggested by the absence of MEPs) suggests that they could benefit from such a treatment combination.