Patient-tailored Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorChristina Kruuse
About this trial
In a double-blinded sham-controlled study the effect of patient-tailored transcranial direct current stimulation during rehabilitation training will be examined.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age >18 years
Ischemic stroke confirmed by clinical and imaging criteria
Hemiparesis including reduced upper-extremity function
Location of stroke either cortically involving middle cerebral artery or the anterior cerebral artery circulation or subcortical (involving thalamus, basal ganglia).
Disqualifiers
>50% stenosis of extra- or intracranial artery as well as vascular malformations or aneurisms detected by brain CT-angiography.
Exclusively ischemic stroke in spine, pons, brainstem, medulla or cerebellum.
History of seizures, epilepsy, anxiety, dementia alcohol- or drug abuse.
Prior serious head injury or neurosurgery
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Sham stimulation
Treatment groups
22 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Christina Kruuse
Lead sponsor
Herlev Hospital
Sponsor institution
Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Collaborator
The Novo Nordic Foundation
Collaborator
University of Copenhagen
Collaborator
Lundbeck Foundation
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov