Targeted tDCS for Post-Stroke Upper Limb Motor Impairments
This study is looking at how a special type of brain stimulation, called high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), might help reduce arm and hand movement problems after a stroke. Researchers want to see if applying 20 minutes of 2 mA tDCS to specific brain areas can improve movement. You might be able to join if you are between 18 and 90 years old and have weakness on one side of your body, especially in your arm, due to a stroke. The study will measure changes in how your brain and muscles respond to stimulation to see if the tDCS is effective. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 30 participants.
- Study design
- This is a sham-controlled, double-blinded (meaning neither you nor the assessors will know which treatment you receive) crossover study involving 30 participants.
- What's involved
- You will have four visits, each lasting up to 3 hours, with at least a two-week break between visits. Your total time commitment will be about 10 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Measurements will be taken at your initial visit, and then before and immediately after each intervention.
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Determine the Effect of Targeted High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Reducing Post-stroke Upper Limb Motor Impairments
At a glance
Conditions
NCT05479006
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Carle Foundation Hospital
Urbana, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Evoke Motor-evoked Potential 1: Ispilesional stimulation in the brain and contralateral response in the muscleBaseline (initial visit), before (within 30 min range) and immediately after (within 30 min range) the intervention
This is a neurophysiological measure that determines the use of the ipsilesional corticospinal tract.
- Change in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Evoke Motor-evoked Potential 2: Contralesional stimulation in the brain and ipsilateral response in the muscleBaseline (initial visit), before (within 30 minutes range) and immediately after (within 30 minutes range) the intervention
This is a neurophysiological measure that determines the use of the contralesional cortico-reticulospinal tract.