NCT03277534

Electrical Stimulation Combined With Motor Training on EEG-EMG Coherence and Motor Function in Individuals With Stroke

Effects of 8-week Sensory Electrical Stimulation Combined With Motor Training on EEG-EMG Coherence and Motor Function in Individuals With Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigated whether electrical stimulation (ES) prior to a hand function training session for a total of eight weeks can better improve neuromuscular control and hand function in subacute stroke individuals and change electroencephalography-electromyography (EEG-EMG) coherence, as compared to the control (sham ES).

Detailed description

Subjects were randomly assigned into ES and control groups. Both groups received 20-minute hand function training twice a week, and the ES group received 40-minute ES on the median nerve of the affected side before each training session. The control group received sham ES - electrodes were placed on the same location but no electric current was applied. EEG, EMG and Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) were collected before, at the 4th week, at the end of 8th week, and 4 weeks after the end of intervention.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electrical stimulation	sensory electrical stimulation was applied prior to upper limb functional training
OTHER	Sham electrical stimulation	electrodes were placed on the same location as the Electrical stimulation condition, but no electric current was applied

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-28
• Primary completion: 2017-01-04
• Completion: 2017-01-04
• First posted: 2017-09-11
• Last updated: 2017-09-11