Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a cerebrovascular disease with high incidence and morbidity in the Brazilian population, and is considered a major cause of disability in adults. Brain damage caused by stroke generates a maladaptive pattern of neural activity and modulation between the cerebral hemispheres, unbalancing in the inter-hemispheric inhibition. This condition affects patient's functional recovery. The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation Association (rTMS) in the cortex motor contralesional, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the motor cortex ipsilesional and the association between these two types of brain stimulations on the upper limb recovery after stroke.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
45
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Association between tDCS and TMS.
Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Motor Function by means of the Wolf Motor Function Test
Time frame: change from pre to post (at least 10 days)
Grip strength via hand dynamometer
Time frame: change from pre to post (at least 10 days)
Manual Dexterity by means of the Box and Block Test
Time frame: change from pre to post (at least 10 days)
Quality of Life by means of the Stroke Impact Scale
Time frame: change from pre to post (at least 10 days)
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