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Evaluation of the effect of Unihemispheric Concurrent Dual-Site Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex AND primary motor cortex on improvement of lower limb motor function in patients with chronic stroke: A double-blind controlled clinical trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
Stroke.
Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
Registration Number
IRCT20211030052912N3
Lead Sponsor
Rasht University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
37
Inclusion Criteria

First stroke
Medial Cerebellar Artery (MCA) stroke
The ability to verbally communicate with the therapist
Patients using the Ashworth Modified Modified Scale (MMAS) to have a knee flexion muscle spasm severity of 1 or higher
No history of a brain tumor
Patients who do not have severe cognitive and memory disorders. To determine this, the Persian version of the Mini-Mental State Examination is used and patients must score at least 23 out of a total of 30

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with chronic neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, radiculopathy, and musculoskeletal disorders, especially upper extremity movement disorders, diagnosed by a neurologist.
History of seizures, previous brain surgery, heart disease and pacemaker
Take drugs that change a person's cognitive status

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Motor function. Timepoint: Before the first and after last electrical stimulation. Method of measurement: Fugl meyer test.;Brain metabolite activity,. Timepoint: Before the first and after last electrical stimulation. Method of measurement: Metabolite content with Magnetic resonance imaging.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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