The aim of this study is to determine whether noninvasive brain stimulation in form of active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) offers an additional benefit as compared with sham tDCS combined with CIMT in patients with stroke. Furthermore the purpose is to highlight changes in GABA activity more than 3 months after stroke and its importance for effect of tDCS and CIMT combined with tDCS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
64
Anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 1.5 mA in 30 minutes with CIMT
sham transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 30 min with CIMT
2 weeks of CIMT
Regionhospital Hammel Neurocenter, Research Unit
Hammel, Denmark
Change in Upper Limb function
The motor function assessment will be done with: Wolf Motor Function Test
Time frame: Baseline and posttest (an average of 2 weeks from baseline)
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) activity
Assessment of GABA activity using MRI spectroscopy. Measurements will be compared between patients undergoing CIMT and healthy subjects.
Time frame: Baseline
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