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Effect of HD-tDCS combined with music stimulation on the consciousness level of patients with chronic consciousness disorder based on resting brain network analysis:a randomized controlled trial

Effect of HD-tDCS combined with music stimulation on the consciousness level of patients with chronic consciousness disorder based on resting brain network analysis:a randomized,double-blind controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300071688
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-05-22
Start date
2022-11-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-06-12

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Conditions

Disorders of Consciousness

Interventions

Group ?:HD-tDCS and music stimulation were intervened simultaneously
Group ?:HD-tDCS
Group ?:Music combined with sham HD-tDCS stimulation group

Sponsors

Shenzhen Second people‘s Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) The subject's family agrees that the patient joins the study and signs the informed consent form; (2) The clinical diagnosis was impaired consciousness, and the diagnostic criteria were based on the criteria of the American Society of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine in 2002, and the revised version of the coma recovery scale-revised (CRS-R) was assessed as VS/UWS or MCS according to the revised version of the coma recovery scale-revised (CRS-R) one week before stimulation; (3) Onset time= 28 days; (4) Age 18~80 years old; (5) There was no history of hearing loss, showing normal or slightly delayed mid-latency auditory evoked potential, and somatosensory evoked potential obtained by stimulation of the median nerve showed the presence of primary somatosensory cortical potential (N20); (6) Have not received tDCS treatment within 3 months prior to the study to avoid spontaneous recovery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) the presence of pacemakers, aneurysm clips, neurostimulators or metal brain implants (according to safety standards for human transcranial electrical stimulation); (2) neuroimaging evidence of focal lesions of left-sided DLPFC; (3) serious medical conditions that may affect clinical diagnosis and EEG assessment (e.g., presence of severe cardiopulmonary disease, kidney disease, or liver disease); (4) Previous history of epilepsy, psychiatric or neurodegenerative diseases.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
EEG;CRS-R;fMRI;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
GOS;DRS;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYulong Wang

Shenzhen Second People's Hospital

ylwang668@163.com+86 13923448395

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026