A game of hide and seek: Is it possible to recruit more patients for NIBS studies in stroke?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.
² Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States; Department of Neurology, Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
³ Neurology Clinical Division, Neurology Department, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Center for Neurological Restoration, Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Clinic, United States.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States. Electronic address: plowe2@ccf.org.

Kelsey A Potter-Baker et al. J Neurol Sci. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 15;358(1-2):472-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.030. Epub 2015 Aug 21.

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.
² Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States; Department of Neurology, Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.
³ Neurology Clinical Division, Neurology Department, Hospital das Clinicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Center for Neurological Restoration, Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Clinic, United States.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States. Electronic address: plowe2@ccf.org.

No abstract available

Keywords: MCS; NIBS; Recruitment; Stroke.

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