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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Post-stroke Patients on Neuromotor Recovery

NCT05821816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) can influence the secondary neurodegeneration observed after a stroke (assessed based on serum concentration of neurofilaments) and can improve the functional outcome.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS

Use of Transcranial direct current stimulation for 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, at 2mA

OTHER

Conventional rehabilitative treatment

Physiotherapy treatment consisting in two treatments per day of 40 minutes each

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefano Brunelli, MD · I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-02
Primary Completion
2025-02-01
Completion
2025-02-01

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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