Application of the Triple Stimulation Technique to Patients With CNS Disorders Including Stroke

CHU Brugmann University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke Patients

Treatments: Procedure: Triple stimulation technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02354248

CHUB-TST01

Details and patient eligibility

About

TST (Triple stimulation technique) helps to better quantify the proportion of motor units activated by transcranial magnetic stimulation. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise with this technique than with the slowing of the central conduction time (CCT).

The investigators propose to use this technique in CNS pathologies where this disorder is significant and essential, like multiple sclerosis and stroke.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stroke patients with hemiparesia

Exclusion criteria

• pace maker
• epilepsia
• metallic neurosurgical implants

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Stroke patients

Experimental group

Description:

The patients will be submitted to a triple stimulation examination.

Treatment:

Procedure: Triple stimulation technique

Control Subjects

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group of patients did not suffer from a stroke. They will also be submitted to a triple stimulation examination.

Treatment:

Procedure: Triple stimulation technique