NCT00067197|Completed
Improving Motor Learning in Stroke Patients
Modulation of Motor Learning in Chronic Stroke Patients by Transcranial DC Stimulation
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Modulation of Motor Learning in Chronic Stroke Patients by Transcranial DC Stimulation
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observational
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1 country
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Study Start
August 11, 2003
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
Not reported
Date not reportedStudy Completion
July 17, 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
No universally successful therapy exists that promotes recovery of motor function after a stroke, the main cause of long-term disability among adults. The purpose of this study is to develop strategies to improve recovery of lost motor function. It will combine motor skills training with a brain-stimulating technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Healthy adult volunteers and adult stroke patients will be enrolled in this study. Participants will come to NIH for a clinical and neurological exam, and, if necessary, an MRI \[magnetic resonance imaging\] examination. Participants will return for 4 sessions; each lasting approximately 3 hours. The first will be a practice session during which participants will become familiar with the motor skills required of them in this study, such as performing finger movements on a keyboard, pinching, tapping, making wrist movements, and lifting small items. In sessions 2 and 3, participants will perform the motor skills they practiced in session 1 while receiving tDCS. During session 4, they will receive tDCS only, with no performance of motor skills. During tDCS, investigators will place electrodes with a gel on participants' heads and pass the tDCS current between these two electrodes. tDCS is a painless procedure. Participants will receive up to $420 in compensation for their involvement in this study. ...
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July 17, 2008
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August 11, 2003
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August 12, 2003
Actual (reported)August 13, 2003
Actual (reported)July 17, 2008
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
Nitsche MA, Paulus W. Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans. Neurology. 2001 Nov 27;57(10):1899-901. doi: 10.1212/wnl.57.10.1899.
Nitsche MA, Paulus W. Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation. J Physiol. 2000 Sep 15;527 Pt 3(Pt 3):633-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00633.x.
First Submitted
August 12, 2003
First Posted
August 13, 2003
Study Start
August 11, 2003
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Study Completion
July 17, 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
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Karni A, Meyer G, Jezzard P, Adams MM, Turner R, Ungerleider LG. Functional MRI evidence for adult motor cortex plasticity during motor skill learning. Nature. 1995 Sep 14;377(6545):155-8. doi: 10.1038/377155a0.
Last Updated
July 2, 2017
Record last verified: 2008-07-17
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