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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)-Enhanced Stroke Recovery

NCT01007136 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2020-09-22

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Summary

The purpose is to determine whether application of a non-invasive battery powered device called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve recovery of hand weakness after stroke beyond what is achievable with rehabilitative treatment alone.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS

1 mA electric current will be delivered over the lesioned motor cortex for the first 20 minutes during the one hour physical therapy.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS

Electric current will be ramped up and down over the lesioned motor cortex for the first seconds during the one hour physical therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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