Effect of transcranial stimulation after stroke

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Stroke, balance, locomotion and transcranial direct current stimulation.; G11.427.690; G07.568.500; E02.331.750

• Registration Number: RBR-24shfp
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with a diagnosis of stroke for at least 3 weeks and at most 1 year will be included; both genders; over 18 years; able to walk without assistance for 10 minutes without interruption.

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of metal in the cranial cavity; scalp lesions; use of a pacemaker; joint deformity in lower limbs or upper limbs; previous skull surgery; use of medications that interfere with cortical excitability; uncontrolled epilepsy; severe cognitive impairment; global aphasia; visual disturbances; other neurological diseases and pregnancy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average gait speed and locomotion with a 10-meter walk test. It has good capacity and reproducibility and is valid for assessing physical mobility in the clinical environment. It has been demonstrated that the reduction of 0.1 m / s in the average gait speed increases the risk of falls by 7.0%, in addition, the measurement of the average gait speed is considered a simple and effective measure to evaluate the functional capacity .<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Degree of static and dynamic balance with the Minibest Test. It presents excellent psychometric properties in individuals with neurological diagnoses, presenting Kappa reliability from strong to almost perfect, and the reliability indexes of the Rasch analysis response pattern for the instruments were also high, considered good to excellent, which means that the responses of the individuals can be reproduced reliably in this study.<br>