Effect and mechanism of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with electroacupuncture on aphasia after stroke

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Poststroke aphasia

• Registration Number: ITMCTR2100004258
• Lead Sponsor: Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1. The first stroke in left hemisphere (including cerebral infarction and intracerebral hemorrhage) and unilateral lesions;
2. Aged >= 25 and <= 75 years, course of disease <= 6 years, sex is not limited;
3. Right handed, education level above primary school;
4. Retention of basic cognitive functions such as attention, memory and visual space (NLCA > 70 points);
5. Western Aphasia Battery was used to detect aphasia;
6. Token test was used to identify patients whose language dysfunction was covered by other low abilities;
7. Boston naming test assessed the presence of naming disorder in patients;
8. Retain part of the listening comprehension ability and tolerate the assessment process of half an hour to one hour;
9. The subjects and their legal guardians understood and agreed to participate in the study and signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Frenchay dysarthria was assessed as moderate to severe dysarthria;
2. Serious speech loss or oral and facial apraxia;
3. Hamilton Anxiety and depression scale showed obvious symptoms of anxiety or depression;
4. Refuse or have no desire to train;
5. Speech and language disorders before the onset of the disease;
6. Serious heart, liver and kidney diseases or infectious diseases or pregnancy of women;
7. Obvious pain, sleep disorder and mental disorder;
8. Patients with contraindications of magnetic resonance examination (metal foreign body or any other electronic device implanted in the body), and patients with tDCS treatment Taboo (intracranial metal foreign body).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional study
• Study Design: Not specified