NCT01356654.

Trial name or title	The use of transcranial direct current stimulation in the recovery of postural control in stroke
Methods	Double‐blind randomised controlled cross‐over trial
Participants	34 people 18 to 75 years of age, suffering from a stroke in the MCA region, during subacute phase (4 to 24 weeks after onset), hospitalised in rehabilitation Hospital Hof Ter Schelde, Antwerp, Belgium, capable of understanding and giving informed consent Exclusion criteria: cerebellum or brainstem lesions, recent multiple lesions and older lesions manifested clinically, history of severe substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, benzodiazepines), cardiac diseases that in the opinion of the clinician preclude participation in the trial (e.g. severe dyspnoea in rest, severe rhythm disturbances), history of epileptic insults not caused by the stroke, severe organic comorbidity, history of psychiatric disorders, pacemaker/internal defibrillator, pregnancy
Interventions	Experimental: tDCS, 20 minutes, 4 times a week for 4 weeks Sham comparator: sham TDCS, 20 minutes, 4 times a week for 4 weeks
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures (at baseline, after one month and after two months): Trunk Impairment Scale (change score); RMAB; Tinetti test
Starting date	March 2010
Contact information	Wim Saeys, MSc, wim.saeys@hotmail.com
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