Status:
COMPLETED
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation With Special Waveform for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation for Patients With Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Medical University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Transcranial electrical stimulation (tCES) is contemporarily important issues in the advanced rehabilitation medicine. tCES can selectively change the excitability of regional cortex with non-invansiv...
Detailed Description
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) were both demonstrated to have therapeutic potentials to rapidly induce neuroplastic effects in various r...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥ 20 years.
- Unilateral cerebral stroke with hemiplegia in Brunnstrom stage III-V.
- 6 months to 5 years after stroke.
- Adequate understanding of verbal/written information and physically able to complete the motor learning of functional tasks with the affected hand.
Exclusion
- Extremely sensitive to electrical stimulation and cannot tolerate it.
- Contracture on upper extremities, and limitation in joint range of motion.
- The muscle tone was severe spasticity.
- Ossification or inflammation in muscle tissue.
- A history of cardiopulmonary disease or arrhythmia.
- With implantable medical electronic devices, like pacemaker.
- Pressure sores or wounds on the skin of head and upper extremities.
- Metal implants in the head (neck).
- Severe cognitive or psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder.
- A history of seizure or other brain pathology.
- Brain surgery or severe brain trauma.
- Drug or alcohol abuse.
- Malignant neoplasm or rheumatism disorder, like SLE, RA, or AS.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 2 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
24 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04369235
Start Date
March 2 2017
End Date
April 30 2020
Last Update
April 15 2021
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Taipei Medical University
Taipei, Taiwan