Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
concurrent-tDCS group:30-min tDCS applied concurrently with 30-min mirror therapy
prior-tDCS group:30-min tDCS applied prior to 30-min mirror therapy
sham-tDCS group:sham-tDCS applied randomly concurrently with or prior to 30-min mirror therapy
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
38 Years to 73 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Adults (aged = 18 years old) experienced a first stroke for more than 6 months; 2) Upper extremity impairment = 2nd level in Functional Test for the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity (FTHUE)); 3) Medically stable; 4) Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) = 21, which was to make sure the participant could understand instructions and make consent; 5) Not participating in other clinical, drug or research studies at this moment; 6) Passing the tDCS Adult Safety Screen (TASS).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who had severe health conditions that required intensive medicine care such as heart failure, pneumonia, poor nutritional state or contraindications of tDCS like cardiac pacemaker, cancer, bleeding tendency, pregnancy, metal implants, history of seizure, etc. will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity (FMA-UE);Action Research Arm Test (ARAT);Box and Block Test (BBT); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMinxia Jin
Shanghai YangZhi Rehabilitation Hospital (Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center)
Outcome results
None listed