NCT00636701

Improving Rehabilitation by Magnetic Brain Stimulation

Improving Rehabilitation by Magnetic Brain Stimulation: Improving Motor Recovery After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4 (actual)
• Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

We hope to understand the properties of the motor cortex in the brain of people with stroke using non-invasive magnetic stimulation.

Detailed description

This case series assesses the effects of five consecutive days of low-frequency (1 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with and without a 6-Hz primer. Although this paper studies able-bodied individuals, similar rTMS protocols are used to facilitate motor recovery in patients with hemiplegia following stroke. However, the cortical mechanisms associated with repeated daily doses of rTMS are not completely understood.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	We will position a coil over the motor cortex of the head and give a series of stimulations (called magnetic pulses).

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-03-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2008-03-14
• Last updated: 2015-05-01
• Results posted: 2015-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States