Effects of Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Robot and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Chronic Stroke

National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Robot and tDCS on-line; Device: Robot and tDCS on-line after sham tDCS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04005131

NRC-2018-01-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of real transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and sham tDCS combined with robot training for upper extremity rehabilitation in subjects with chronic stroke - delayed start study.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hemiplegic patients secondary to first cerebrovascular accidents
• Onset ≥ 6 months
• Fugl-Meyer Assessment score ≥ 19
• Cognitively intact enough to understand and follow the instructions from the investigator

Exclusion criteria

• Severe upper extremity pain that could interfere with rehabilitation therapy
• Neurological disorders other than stroke that can cause motor deficits
• Uncontrolled severe medical conditions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 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 for 10 weeks

Treatment:

Device: Robot and tDCS on-line

Robot and tDCS on-line after sham tDCS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Combined sham tDCS and upper extremity rehabilitation robot for 5 weeks, followed by combined tDCS on-line and upper extremity rehabilitation robot for 5 weeks

Treatment:

Device: Robot and tDCS on-line after sham tDCS