The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) delivered over the motor cortex or the cerebellum can improve essential tremor and to identify the cerebral mechanisms involved in these potential effects.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
12
Active stimulation: duration: 20 mn, intensity: 2 mA; localisation : motor cortex or cerebellum; Placebo stimulation: duration: 9 seconds, intensity: 2 mA; localisation : motor cortex or cerebellum;
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière
Paris, France
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on accelerometric recording 10 minutes after the end of tDCS
Time frame: 10 minutes after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on electromyographic recordings
Time frame: During tDCS (expected average of 15 minutes), 10 and 60 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on digitized tablet
Time frame: During tDCS (expected average of 15 minutes), 10 and 60 mn after the end of tDCS
Change from baseline in tremor amplitude on accelerometric recording
Time frame: During tDCS (expected average of 15 minutes) and 60 minutes after the end of tDCS
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