NCT01544699.

Trial name or title	Impact of non‐invasive brain stimulation on motor recuperation
Methods	Double‐blind randomised controlled cross‐over trial
Participants	200 people 18 to 90 years of age with chronic stroke (> 6 months after stroke) and at least a slight deficit in upper or lower limb Exclusion criteria: epilepsy, contraindication to tDCS and/or to fMRI, inability to understand/complete behavioural tasks, history of substance abuse, major health condition, presence of pacemaker, pregnancy
Interventions	Active comparator: tDCS Sham comparator: sham tDCS
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures: change in motor function of upper/lower limb before/after tDCS from baseline to immediately after intervention (30 minutes of tDCS) to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes after intervention and long‐term after intervention: 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks
Starting date	January 2012
Contact information	Yves Vandermeeren, MD, PhD, yves.vandermeeren@uclouvain.be
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