Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01132066
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) for Facilitating Swallowing Improvement After an Acute Unilateral Hemispheric Stroke
Pilot Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Facilitating Swallowing Improvement After an Acute Unilateral Hemispheric Infarction
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1 / Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 19 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 21 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the research study is to investigate the effect of a brain stimulation technique called Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) in improving swallowing functions in subjects who develop dysphagia after a unilateral hemispheric infarction.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | tDCS | tDCS will lead to an increase in cortical excitability |
| OTHER | Sham | Sham will provide identical subjective sensation as tDCS |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-05-01
- Completion
- 2013-05-01
- First posted
- 2010-05-27
- Last updated
- 2014-02-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01132066. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.