Neuromodulation: A combined-therapy protocol for speech rehabilitation in a child with cerebral palsy.

Introduction: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates cortical activity and potentiates functional gains achieved during therapeutic protocols. The aim of Integrative Speech Therapy Protocol is to rehabilitate speech in patients with impairments regarding neuropyschomotor development by combining oral motor stimuli, specific articulatory production, and the stimulation of phonological aspects of language.

Objective: Investigate the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation combined to integrative speech therapy in a child with cerebral palsy.

Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with integrative speech therapy in a child with cerebral palsy: A case report.

The aim of this study was to describe the results of the first case combining integrative speech therapy with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over Broca's area in a child with cerebral palsy. The ABFW phonology test was used to analyze speech based on the Percentage of Correct Consonants (PCC) and Percentage of Correct Consonants - Revised (PCC-R). After treatment, increases were found in both PCC (Imitation: 53.

Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation in children with ataxic cerebral palsy: A sham-controlled, crossover, pilot study.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to analyze the use of anodal tDCS of the cerebellar region combined with treadmill training to improve balance and functional performance in children with ataxic cerebral palsy.

Design: Single-blind, sham-controlled, crossover, pilot study.

Setting: Rehabilitation center and research motion analysis laboratory.