Effects of Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Robot and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Among Patients With Stroke

National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Robot and sham tDCS; Other: Robot and tDCS on-line

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04055597

NRC-2017-01-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effects of upper extremity rehabilitation robot and transcranial direct current stimulation on upper extremity function among subjects with tremor after stroke

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stroke with cerebellar hemorrhage or infarction
• ataxia or tremor on upper extremities secondary to stroke
• Cognitively intact enough to understand and follow the instructions from the investigator

Exclusion criteria

• History of surgery of affected upper limb
• Fracture of affected upper limb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Robot and tDCS on-line

Experimental group

Description:

Combined transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) on-line and upper extremity rehabilitation robot

Treatment:

Other: Robot and tDCS on-line

Robot and sham tDCS

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Combined sham tDCS and upper extremity rehabilitation robot

Treatment:

Other: Robot and sham tDCS