Improvement Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Applied During Exercise Training in Stroke Patients With Upper Limb and Hand Motor Function

Yun-Hee Kim24 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study was to improve the effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) applied during exercise training in stroke patients with upper limb and hand motor function.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

tDCS stimulation with hand taskDEVICE

30 minutes of intervention including tDCS stimulation with hand task and fNIRS measurements for 10 days in 4 weeks

sham tDCS stimulation with hand taskDEVICE

30 minutes of intervention including sham tDCS stimulation with hand task and fNIRS measurements for 10 days in 4 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 19 to 80 years * Less than 58 FMA Upper scores * Patients whose lesions do not include stimulation regions * Patients with stroke with more than 3 months of onset Exclusion Criteria: * Difficult to communicate due to severe language impairment. * Accompanied by an existing serious neurogenic disease * Existing significant psychiatric disorders such as major schizophrenia, bipolar disorder * If there are difficulties in conducting the research * Any patients who are judged by the investigator to be difficult to participate in this study * Patients with contraindicated MRI scans

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Fugl-Meyer Assessment

The score is a stroke-specific, performance-based impairment index. The degree of impairment of upper and lower limbs is measured.

Time frame: Session 0 (initial visit);; Session 10 (at approximatel 4 weeks)