Walking and Balance Outcomes Are Improved Following Brief Intensive Locomotor Skill Training but Are Not Augmented by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Persons With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

Overview

Journal Front Hum Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2022 May 31

PMID 35634208

Authors

Nicholas H Evans

Cazmon Suri

Edelle C Field-Fote

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Abstract

Clinical Trial Registration: [ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [NCT03237234].

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