Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Chronic Stroke Recovery

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

The hypothesis of this study is that different subgroups of stroke will respond differently to direct current stimulation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01014897

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

14

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• single symptomatic stroke more than 3 months ago with hand/arm weakness
• able to perform required tests and provide consent
• Age 18-80
• Modified Ashworth scale <3
• range of motion functional at shoulder elbow wrist and hand

You may not qualify if…

• more than one symptomatic stroke in middle cerebral artery territory or bilateral involvement
• severe medical or psychiatric conditions, drug abuse, seizure disorder
• pregnancy/breast feeding
• subarachnoid hemorrhage, lobar hemorrhage
• patients who can not have tDCS (prior head surgery, pacemakers, metallic implants in the head etc)
• patients taking antiadrenergic medications

Where it is running

• UT Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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