NCT04051671

Effects of Dual-transcranial Direct Current Stimulation During Physical Therapy in Sub-acute Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the possible effect of using dual-tDCS applied during conventional physical therapy on lower limb function in stroke patients.

Detailed description

Recently dual-tDCS applied before the conventional physical therapy show positive effect of lower limb performance. However to explore the time during which dual-tDCS can be combined with physical therapy to maximize motor performance is required. Results from the present study with be compared with our previous study that used dual-tDCS applied before physical therapy.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial direct current stimulation	Dual Active/sham tDCS will be applied over the leg motor area (M1) during the first 20 mins of conventional physical therapy. Anodal on affected hemisphere, Cathodal on unaffected hemisphere. Each participant will complete two experiments (active/sham tDCS). The interval between two experiments is at least 2 weeks. The two experiments will be performed in random order for each subject.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-06
• Primary completion: 2019-10-06
• Completion: 2019-11-06
• First posted: 2019-08-09
• Last updated: 2020-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand