Status:
COMPLETED
Dual Hemisphere rTMS for Rehabilitation of Post Stroke Aphasia
Lead Sponsor:
Assiut University
Conditions:
Non Fluent Aphasia in Subacute Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To investigate the therapeutic effect of dual hemisphere repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on post-stroke non fluent aphasia.
Detailed Description
Thirty patients with subacute post-stroke non-fluent aphasia were randomly allocated with a ratio 2:1 to receive real (n = 20) or sham (n = 10) rTMS of the affected motor cortex. Each patient received...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- acute hemiplegia with non-fluent aphasia, single thromboembolic non-haemorrhagic infarction documented by computerized tomography (CT) in the distribution of middle cerebral artery.
Exclusion
- head injury or neurological disease other than stroke,
- Unstable cardiac dysrhythmia,
- Fever,
- Infection,
- Hyperglycaemia
- Prior administration of tranquilizer
- Patients with no motor evoked response recorded from first dorsal interosseus (FDI) muscle of the affected hand
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
29 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01850836
Start Date
December 1 2010
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
May 10 2013
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