Combining transcranial direct current stimulation and gravity-supported, computer-enhanced arm training in a chronic pediatric stroke survivor: a case report

1Motion Analysis Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ferrara University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy 3Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 4Spaulding Center of Neuromodulation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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