Open AccessEffect of Anodic tDCS Over Motor Cortex Versus Cerebellum in Cerebral Palsy: A Study Protocol
Author(s) -
Lucas Villalta Santos,
Jamile Benite Palma Lopes,
Natália de Almeida Carvalho Duarte,
Manuela Galli,
Luanda André Collange Grecco,
Cláudia Santos Oliveira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/pep.0000000000000626
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , transcranial direct current stimulation , gait , physical medicine and rehabilitation , treadmill , spastic cerebral palsy , motor cortex , spastic , motor learning , physical therapy , medicine , psychology , stimulation , neuroscience
To compare the clinical and functional effects of treadmill training combined with anodic transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) on the primary motor cortex (Cz), specifically on the area of motor cortex representation of the lower limbs, and on the cerebellum (Cb) in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).