The Effect of Unihemispheric Concurrent Dual-Site Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Primary Motor and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices on cerebral plasticity (with magnetic resonance spectroscopy) in Patients With chronic Stroke: A double-blind controlled clinical trial
- Conditions
- Stroke.Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
- Registration Number
- IRCT20211030052912N2
- 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
- 22
First ischemic stroke
MCA stroke
At least 6 months have passed since the stroke
Patients with chronic neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, radiculopathy, and musculoskeletal disorders, especially upper extremity movement disorders, are not diagnosed by a neurologist
No history of brain tumor
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 with 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.
Lack of patient cooperation for post-intervention tests
. People who withdraw from the research for any reason and do not want to continue the research.
Severe fatigue so that the person is unable to continue the test
Sensitivity of the patient's scalp to stimuluse
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brain metabolite activity. Timepoint: Before and after the first electrical stimulation. Method of measurement: Metabolite content based on PPM with MRI.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method