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Mechanized Gait Trainer Combine Transcranial Galvanic Stimulation (tDCS) in Chronic Stroke
NCT01040299 · Universita di Verona · Updated 26 March 2012
- What is being tested
- GangTrainer and tDCS; control group1; Control group2
- For
- Hemiparesis; Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 20 years to 80 years. About 30 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Italy
- When
- Starts or started July 2010, ends Oct 2010. Registered 29 Dec 2009.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Transcranial galvanic stimulation (tDCS), seems to promote motor recovery after stroke by stimulating (anodal) or inhibiting (cathodal) neural circuits in the brain. In the treatment of severe lower limb paresis after stroke, the GangTrainer GT1 (GT) proved to be effective, but nevertheless only a few patients could use their affect lower limb functionally in daily life on deambulation after robot training. Therefore the present study intends to combine both approaches, tDCS + GT, apply at the same time every day for two weeks in order to improve the effectiveness of GangTrainer therapy in the gait rehabilitation.
Sites
- Azienta Ospedaliera, SSO Rehabilitation Unit, VeronaVerona, Italy, Verona, Italy