Evaluation of the effect of adding direct transcranial stimulation (tDCS) of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex to primary motor cortex on spasticity and improvement of upper limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke: A double-blind controlled clinical trial
- Conditions
- Stroke.Other cerebrovascular diseases
- Registration Number
- IRCT20211030052912N1
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
First ischemic stroke ????? At least 6 months have passed since the stroke
MCA stroke
Patients using the ashworth Modified Modified Scale (MMAS) to have a wrist flexion muscle spasm severity of 1 or higher
Patients without chronic neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, radiculopathy, and musculoskeletal disorders, especially upper extremity movement disorders, diagnosed by a neurologist
Ability to communicate verbally with the therapist
Do not take drugs that change a person's cognitive status
No heart disease and pacemaker, No history of seizures, previous brain surgery
Patients without severe cognitive and memory impairment. To determine this, the Persian version of MMSE is used and patients must obtain a minimum score of 23 out of a total of 30 points.
Hemorrhagic stroke patients
Stroke patients with arterial injury other than the middle cerebral artery
Patients with lacunar stroke
Patients with acute and subacute ischemic stroke
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method