Article

Motor impairment, dysphagia, aphasia, and visual impairment are common disabling
residual deficits experienced by stroke survivors. Recently, many novel
rehabilitative modalities have been investigated for their potential to
ameliorate such deficits and to improve functional outcomes. Noninvasive brain
stimulation techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS),
have emerged as a promising tool to facilitate stroke recovery. tDCS can alter
cortical excitability to induce brain plasticity by modulating the lesioned,
contralesional, or bilateral hemispheres with various stimulation modalities.
Along with peripheral therapies, tDCS can lead to subsequent sustained behavioral
and clinical gains in patients with stroke. In this review, we summarize
characteristics of tDCS (method of stimulation, safety profile, and mechanism)
and its application in the treatment of various stroke-related deficits, and we
highlight future directions for tDCS in this capacity.

Langue : ANGLAIS