Effects of Motor Imagery Training in Combination With Electric Somatosensory Stimulation during Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Recovery of Upper Limb Function: a Preliminary Study

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Diseases of the nervous system

• Registration Number: KCT0005416
• Lead Sponsor: The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 5 October 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

(1) being diagnosed of stroke through neurological
examination and CT or MRI scans for the first time (2) inpatients within 3
months from the onset of diagnosis of stroke; (3) without upper-limb function
impairments before this illness of stroke; (4) being aged 21 or over (5) Mini
Mental State Examination score of 20 or more; (6) signed the consent form before
the study start.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) medically unstable such as severe liver and kidney
malfunction, cardiopulmonary insufficiency (2) parietal lobe lesion (3) severe
cognitive impairment, history of mental illness (4) a history of epileptic
seizures in the last 1 months or taking antiepileptic drugs recently (5)
pregnant (6) severe visual and hearing impairment (7) pacemaker, internal
electrode, metal implants in vivo, and skull defects

Study & Design

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoulder abduction and finger extension manual muscle <br>test;Modified Barthel Index;Motor evoked potential amplitude in the abductor pollicis brevis <br>muscle;Elbow and finger spasticity by Modified Ashworth <br>scale;Hand function test