Individualized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Gait Function in Healthy Subjects

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Healthy Adults; Healthy Aging

Treatments: Device: Conventional transcranial direct current stimulation; Device: Individualized transcranial direct current stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04030793

2018-11-021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of individualized brain stimulation based on simulation and conventional brain stimulation in healthy adults.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adult men and women without history of central nervous system disease and abnormalities

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years old, 75 years old or older
• A person who has inserted a metal object in a skull
• A person with complete occlusion of the carotid artery
• A person with epilepsy
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Who is not eligible for the test

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Individualized stimulation group

Experimental group

Description:

Based on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) simulation, individualized stimulation on leg motor areas during 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: Individualized transcranial direct current stimulation

Conventional stimulation group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional stimulation on leg motor areas during 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: Conventional transcranial direct current stimulation