Status:
COMPLETED
Functional Interest of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation During Physiotherapy at a Subacute Phase Post Stroke (Anodal Protocol): ReSTIM
Lead Sponsor:
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Previous research that utilises single sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have demonstrated functional improvements. However these improvements are usually short-lived, lasting...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All subjects must be between the ages of 18-90 and must not be pregnant.
- Patients volunteer to participate in the study, with a written informed consent signed
- Affiliation to a national health insurance program
- First-time clinical ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident - evidenced by a radiological (or physician's) report
- Contralesional motor deficit
- Lesion sparing primary motor cortex
- Stroke onset \>1 month and \<6 months prior to study enrollment
Exclusion
- Coexistent major neurological or psychiatric disease as to decrease number of confounders
- History of epilepsy before stroke (or episodes of seizures within the last six months)
- Any substantial decrease in alertness, language reception, or attention that might interfere with understanding instructions for motor testing
- Subjects with global aphasia and deficits of comprehension
- Excessive pain in any joint of the paretic extremity (VAS\>4)
- Contraindications to Tdcs : metal in the head, implanted brain medical devices
- Coexistent major neurological or psychiatric disease as to decrease number of confounders
- A history of significant alcohol or drug abuse in the prior 6 months
- Anyone who is currently taking or who has taken anti-malarial treatment in the last 72 hours
- Subjects may not have already received constraint induced motor therapy and/or tDCS treatment for stroke
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 2 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 31 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01500564
Start Date
January 2 2012
End Date
July 31 2015
Last Update
January 31 2018
Active Locations (2)
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1
Centre de Lay-Saint-Christophe-Institut Régional de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation
Lay-Saint-Christophe, France, 54690
2
Hospices Civils de Lyon- Hôpital Henry Gabrielle-Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation
Saint-Genis-Laval, France, 69235