Can electrical stimulation of brain make people speak better in both of their languages after stroke?
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G968- Other specified disorders of central nervous system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/11/016323
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Science and Technology Govt of India
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Bilinguals (L1 â?? Kannada; L2 â?? English)
First ever left hemispheric stroke
Non-fluent type of aphasia in each language
Age-range: 18 â?? 75 years
Normal or corrected-to-normal peripheral vision and hearing acuity
Exclusion Criteria
Severe aphasia with no verbal output
Any contraindications to undergo TDCS (e.g., implanted devices)
Less than 3 months post onset (MPO) (stroke)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure in the current study would be the scores of participants on Boston Naming Test (BNT) in Kannada and English.Timepoint: Baseline evaluation <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>First outcome measure after 10th day of intervention <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method scores of participants on Boston Naming Test (BNT) in Kannada and English.Timepoint: Follow up evaluation after 90th day following intervention