Nervous System Diseases stroke
Conditions
Interventions
constraint induced movement therapy and active bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation
constraint induced movement therapy and sham bihemispheric transcranial direct current stimulation
Sponsors
Cairo university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -ischemic stroke in the territory of the middle cerebral artery at least 6 months prior to enrollment -age ranged from 45 to 60 years old -no previous or subsequent strokes -at least 10 degrees active wrist dorsiflexion and extension of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the thumb and at least 2 additional digits 10 degrees at enrollment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: spasticity of grade 3 or more other neurologic or orthopedic disorders that could influence upper extremity function history of neurosurgery or epilepsy metallic implants within the brain cardiac pacemaker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| functional abilities of affected upper extremity ;ipsilesional and contralesional cortical excitability using motor evoked potentials | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| correlation between functional improvement and changes in cortical excitability | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAbd aleem Ateya
professor
Outcome results
None listed