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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03035162
Date of registration: 25/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Mahidol University
Public title: Dual-hemisphere Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Lower Limb Motor Functions After Stroke
Scientific title: Dual-hemisphere Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Lower Limb Motor Functions After Stroke
Date of first enrolment: January 2017
Target sample size: 19
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03035162
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Thailand
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age range 18-75 years.

2. First ever-ischemic lesion in the territory of middle cerebral artery or anterior
cerebral artery. CT scan/MRI result is thus required.

3. Sub acute phase of stroke (less than 6 months)

4. Able to sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit independently

5. Able to walk without physical assistance at least 6 m

6. Free of any neurological antecedent, unstable medical conditions or condition that may
increase the risk of stimulation such as epilepsy; although tDCS is believed to induce
less or no risk of seizure and epileptic seizure have never been reported in tDCS
study even in a study with active epilepsy (Fregni et al., 2006).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pre-stroke disability

2. Pregnant

3. Be unable to understand the instruction

4. No clear neurological antecedent history or psychiatric disorder

5. Excessive pain in any joint of the paretic limb (numerical pain rating score > 7)

6. Presence of intracranial metal implantation, cochlea implant, or cardiac pacemaker

7. Subjects are participating in the other protocol or receiving alternative treatment
such as acupuncture



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Stroke
Intervention(s)
Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Five-Times-Sit-To-Stand test (FTSST) [Time Frame: 5 minutes]
Timed Up & Go test (TUG) [Time Frame: 5 minutes]
Strength [Time Frame: 15 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
MU-CIRB 2016/048.0704
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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