Integrating multi-session transcranial direct current stimulation with routine physical therapy to improve quadriceps strength and activation in athletes during subacute recovery following ACL reconstruction: A double-blind RCT

• Naeemeh Haddadi Esfahani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Mohsen Roostayi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: roosta@sbmu.ac.ir

  Affiliation Physiotherapy Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-6505

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• Volga Hovsepian,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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• Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Proteomics Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Zahra Sadat Rezaeian,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Center, Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

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• Shapour Jaberzadeh

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Monash Neuromodulation Research Unit (MNRU), Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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