NCT01356654

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Stroke Rehabilitation

The Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Recovery of Postural Control in Stroke

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universiteit Antwerpen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates if transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the recovery of postural control in stroke rehabilitation.

Detailed description

The patients were divided in 2 groups by a randomisation procedure. All patients participated for 2 months in the study. Group 1 received true tDCS in the first month followed by SHAM stimulation in the second month. Group 2 received SHAM in the first month and true stimulation in the following month. Four stimulations of 20minutes were provided during 4 weeks before before changing stimulation intensity.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Application of Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS)	Application of TDCS for 20 minutes, 4 times a week for 4 weeks.
DEVICE	Transcranial Direct current stimulation	Application of true TDCS for 20min, 4 times a week for 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2011-05-19
• Last updated: 2011-05-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium