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CompletedNCT01852474

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Motor Learning in Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Effects of tDCS in Cortical Plasticity and Motor Learning in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
5 (actual)
Sponsor
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
8 Years – 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators aim to assess the clinical and neurophysiological effects of a non-invasive brain stimulation technique - transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- on cortical plasticity and motor learning in children with cerebral palsy. Investigators will use different assessment techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and kinematics (sensors) to measure changes through the trial.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICETranscranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)Subjects will receive tDCS stimulation 1x per day for 5 days (over the period of 1 week). Each session will be 20 minutes long. The subject will receive active stimulation for the entire 20 minutes.

Timeline

Start date
2013-05-01
Primary completion
2016-05-01
Completion
2016-05-01
First posted
2013-05-13
Last updated
2020-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01852474. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.