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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Functional Electrical Stimulation for Upper-limb Rehabilitation After Stroke

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Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Treatments

Device: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)
Device: Combination of Transcranial direct brain stimulation (tDCS) and FES

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02818608
APAPS2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of tDCS combined with FES on upper limb rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects with moderate and severe compromise.

Enrollment

51 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke diagnosis and moderate or severe hemiparesis (chronic stroke - at least 6 months of disease)
  • Ability to reach 60 degrees in the shoulder flexion
  • Minimal cognitive ability to understand commands
  • No current use of antiepileptic drugs for seizures

Exclusion criteria

  • Painful shoulder, adhesive capsulitis or glenohumeral subluxation
  • Contraindication for electrical stimulation (presence of metallic implants) or risks for the tDCS, as evaluated by means of a standard questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

51 participants in 2 patient groups

Functional electrical stimulation (FES)
Active Comparator group
Description:
Chronic stroke patients submitted to functional electrical stimulation (FES).
Treatment:
Device: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)
Combination of transcranial direct current stimulation and FES
Experimental group
Description:
Chronic stroke patients submitted to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and functional and to functional electrical stimulation (FES).
Treatment:
Device: Combination of Transcranial direct brain stimulation (tDCS) and FES

Trial contacts and locations

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