Using theoretical models from adult stroke recovery to improve use of noninvasive brain stimulation for children with congenital hemiparesis | Zendy

YinLiang Lin | Zendy; Kelsey A. Potter–Baker | Zendy

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Using theoretical models from adult stroke recovery to improve use of noninvasive brain stimulation for children with congenital hemiparesis

Author(s) -

YinLiang Lin,

Kelsey A. Potter–Baker

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of neurophysiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302

H-Index - 245

eISSN - 1522-1598

pISSN - 0022-3077

DOI - 10.1152/jn.00258.2017

Subject(s) - hemiparesis , brain stimulation , stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neurology , stroke (engine) , motor function , psychology , neuroscience , medicine , psychiatry , lesion , mechanical engineering , engineering

Noninvasive brain stimulation has been widely used for adults with stroke to improve upper limb motor function. A recent study by Kirton and colleagues (Kirton A, Ciechanski P, Zewdie E, Andersen J, Nettel-Aguirre A, Carlson H, Carsolio L, Herrero M, Quigley J, Mineyko A, Hodge J, Hill M. Neurology 88: 259-267, 2017) applied noninvasive brain stimulation to children with congenital hemiparesis but found no significant effect of noninvasive brain stimulation on motor function. Here, we explore theories about cortical reorganization in both adult and children with hemiparesis and discuss how to improve the approaches of noninvasive brain stimulation to generate optimal motor improvement and development for children with congenital hemiparesis.

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