作者: Margaret Sandars , Lauren Cloutman , Anna M. Woollams
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2017.1350631
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摘要: ABSTRACTBackground: Previous research indicates that combining behavioural therapy with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be more effective than alone in increasing naming ability stroke survivors chronic anomia. Anodal (excitatory) targeting left perilesional areas and/or cathodal (inhibitory) right contralesional particularly benefit non-fluent patients localised damage to the frontal lobe. However, studies have yet systematically compare effects of varying laterality and polarity tDCS within individual order determine optimal parameters.Aims: The primary purpose study was which parameters would result greatest improvements an (JSc) Broca’s aphasia (9 years post-stroke) due a lesion. A range secondary outcome measures were also collected explore potential th...