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Effect of Brain-Computer Interfaced-Assisted Motor Imagery for Gait Retraining in Stroke Patients

NCT02507895 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2018-05-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Currently the process for stroke recovery is slow with majority of its treatments focused around physical therapy. Among the many methods employed to facilitate recovery in stroke, the use of motor imagery (MI) training may be beneficial towards stroke rehabilitation.

In the current study, we propose 2 aims. Our first aim is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of a novel brain-computer interface-assisted MI train program (BCI-MI) in patients with chronic ischemic stroke. This is designed as a proof-of-concept study that only require a single-session trial. If patients successfully activate the BCI-MI system without much difficulty, our second aim is to enroll patients into a 4-week training program using the BCI-MI. Both functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) will be done to determine the effects of the 4-week training program. Subjects may potentially see improvements in walking gait as preliminary data from previous studies have demonstrated positive results.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

MI-BCI

Subjects will be seated comfortably in front of a computer screen. An EEG cap will be comfortably worn over the head of the subject to record EEG traces of any activated cortical areas. If subjects are able to activate the device and are agreeable to participate in the second phase of the study, they will be enrolled in a 4-week BCI-MI training program of 12 sessions. Subjects will be required to perform 160 trials of MI altogether with assigned rest periods (5 mins) every 40 trials. Each session will last approximate 45 minutes excluding set up time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Health System, Singapore

    collaborator OTHER

  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Effie Chew, MD · National University Hospital, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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