Multi-session Anodal Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) vs Anodal Cerebral tDCS

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Sham Stimulation group (SSG); Other: Cerebral (M1) Stimulation group (MSG); Other: Cerebellar stimulation group (CbSG)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06525129

Qurat ul Ain3

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate which one of the two cerebellar and cerebral stimulation in comparison to sham stimulation is more effective in enhancing balance and postural stability in stroke patients

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The study focused on individuals who had their first stroke,
• Additionally, participants needed to have a score of 6 or higher on the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JHFRAT).
• The inclusion criteria mandated that participants must have the ability to give written consent, walk without any help, and
• have a functional condition that allows them to actively participate in the Biodex balancing training program.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with concurrent neurological problems such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or cerebellar abnormalities,
• as well as those with psychological ailments, were excluded during the initial assessment phase.
• In addition, individuals who scored below 20 on the Mini Mental Status Examination Test (MMSE),
• displayed motor disorders that affected their ability to walk or use their lower limbs,
• were currently taking sedative medications, had amnesia, depression, radiculopathy, lumbar spinal cord root involvement, auditory or visual impairments, vertigo, recent fractures, severe cardiac problems,
• or had undergone electrotherapy that affected their nervous system within the past two weeks were also not included in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Cerebellar stimulation group (CbSG)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Cerebellar stimulation group (CbSG)

Cerebral (M1) Stimulation group (MSG)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Cerebral (M1) Stimulation group (MSG)

Sham Stimulation group (SSG)

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Sham Stimulation group (SSG)