Post Stroke Motor Learning

University Hospital of Mont-Godinne

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Stroke; Hemiparesis

Treatments: Device: transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS; Device: transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01519843

B039201212957

Details and patient eligibility

About

Noninvasive brain stimulations (NIBS) will be used in chronic stroke patients to improve motor learning.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging will be used to evaluate the mechanisms underlying motor learning in healthy volunteers and in chronic stroke patients.

Full description

transcranial direct current stimulation will be used for NIBS

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stroke with at least slight deficit

Exclusion criteria

• epilepsy
• contraindication to tDCS and/or to fMRI
• presence of metal in the head
• inability to understand / complete behavioral tasks
• chronic intake of alcohol or recreational drugs
• major health condition
• presence of pacemaker (for the fMRI part only)
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Real

Active Comparator group

Description:

Real tDCS

Treatment:

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS

Device: transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS

sham

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Sham tDCS

Treatment:

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS

Device: transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS