tDCS + CCFES-mediated Functional Task Practice for Post-stroke Upper Extremity Hemiplegia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21-90
SponsorMetroHealth Medical Center
About this trial
After a stroke, it is very common to lose the ability to open the affected hand. Occupational and physical rehabilitation therapy (OT and PT) combined with non-invasive brain stimulation may help a person recover hand movement.
The purpose of this study is to compare 3 non-invasive brain stimulation protocols combined with therapy to see if they result in different amounts of recovery of hand movement after a stroke.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥ 21 and ≤ 90
≥ 6 and ≤ 24 months since first clinical hemorrhagic or nonhemorrhagic stroke
Able to follow 3-stage command
Able to remember 2 of 3 items after 30 minutes
Disqualifiers
Co-existing neurological condition other than prior stroke involving the hemiparetic upper limb (e.g., peripheral nerve injury, PD, SCI, TBI, MS).
Uncontrolled seizure disorder
Use of seizure lowering threshold medications and the discretion of the study physician
Cardiac pacemaker or other implanted electronic device
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Active conventional tDCS montage plus CCFES
- Active unconventional tDCS montage plus CCFES
- Sham tDCS plus CCFES
- CCFES with Occupational Therapy
Treatment groups
63 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov