Good interobserver and intraobserver agreement exists in thyroid ultrasound elastography. Compared with external compression elastography, we found that thyroid elastography with intrinsic compression can produce reliable results.

The bihemispheric anodal tDCS with conventional dysphagia therapy had additional helpful effects on the improvement in swallowing function in chronic stroke patients.

Sleep disturbance after stroke was found to have negative effects on functional recovery, especially balance improvement in moderate stroke group.