Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02287207
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Fine Motor Skills in Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on brain activity and fine motor skills in patients with Parkinson's disease compared to healthy controls.
Detailed description
The pilot study will involve a double-blind, sham controlled cross-over design where participants will receive anodal and sham tDCS stimulation in a randomized order. Differences in brain activity and fine motor skill performance between groups and after tDCS stimulation will be compared.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-04-01
- Completion
- 2016-04-01
- First posted
- 2014-11-10
- Last updated
- 2016-06-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02287207. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.