Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with visuo-motor training as treatment for chronic stroke patients.

Background: Recent studies exploring the combined effect of motor learning and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for stroke rehabilitation have shown partially conflicting results.

Objective: To test the efficacy of an optimized hand training approach combined with tDCS in stroke patients.

Methods: In the present pilot study we investigated motor effects of four-week training with a visuomotor grip force tracking task combined with tDCS in 11 chronic stroke patients.