NCT02506075

A Study of tDCS for Unilateral Neglect in Stroke Patients

Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Unilateral Neglect After Stroke

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Pusan National University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to confirm and compare the effect of methods of transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) in the unilateral neglect of stroke patients

Detailed description

Total 105 patients were recruited and randomized to receive either real or sham-tDCS. Real experimental groups were divided into two types; Pre-tDCS group and Simultaneous tDCS group. Two groups are again divided into three groups; Dual stimulation group, Unilateral stimulation group and Sham control group, respectively. In Pre-tDCS group, total a sessions of the tDCS stimulation was done for each three subgroups and visual inattention training was followed after that. In Simultaneous tDCS group, tDCS and visual inattention training was done simultaneously. For each subgroups, tDCS was attached at following locations; unilateral cathodal tDCS on unaffected PPC(postparietal cortex), P3 , dual cathodal tDCS on P3 and anodal tDCS on affected PPC, P4. The patients were initially evaluated at baseline, immediately, 60min, 120min, 24 hrs after the training session.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranical direct current stimulator	approved by Conformity European as safe treatment device for stroke patients
BEHAVIORAL	Visual inattention training

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2016-02-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2015-07-22
• Last updated: 2015-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea