Condition 1: Cerebral Vascular Accident. Condition 2: Cerebral Vascular Accident. Middle cerebral artery syndrome Anterior cerebral artery syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Group 1: First tDCS session on c3 or c4, 2 mA currency for 20 minutes, then computer based cognitive rehabilitation for 30 to 40 minutes, weekly two sessions and t
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: schemic stroke in the anterior and medial cerebral arteries or one of the arteries. Neurologist by MRI No aphasia and associated neurological disorders (Parkinson's, MS, ALS, Alzheimer's disease) First stroke of the patient and one to twelve months after the stroke Admission Age Between 20 and 75 Years At least 9 successful grades literacy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not attending two consecutive treatment sessions Change the medication during the course of the intervention Create headaches
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1-Improvement of executive functions: Spatial Span - One Touch Stockings of Cambridge - latency to correct - mean choices to correct - problem solved on first choices - swtiching cost - Congruency cost - Stop Signal task - direction errors -Proportion of successful stop - reaction time. Timepoint: One day before the first intervention session and one week after the tenth intervention session. Method of measurement: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Activities of daily living: Those are the skills and tasks that a person pays for them throughout the day and forms the daily routines of the individual's life.These activities include dressing and dressing up, eating, brushing, bathing, going to toilet and dressing yourself. instrumental activities of daily living:These activities are self-care assignments that are usually taught in adolescence and require sophisticated thinking skills, such as the organization of skills.And include activities such as financial management, management of the use of vehicles, purchase of food preparation, traffic management and control how the drugs are. Timepoint: An initial assessment one day before the start of intervention and a secondary assessment is performed one week after the end of the tenth session of intervention. Method of measurement: The activities of daily living are assessed by the Barthel index.The instrumental activities of daily living are evaluated by the Lawton scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSusan Samani
Institute for Cognitive Science Studies
Outcome results
None listed