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. 2016 Mar 21;2016(3):CD009645. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009645.pub3

NCT02213640.

Trial name or title Potentiation of the effects of prismatic adaptation by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): evaluation of functional interest in negligence rehabilitation
Methods RCT with parallel‐group design
Participants Estimated enrolment: 24
Inclusion criteria: age between 18 and 80; right‐handedness; unilateral neglect due to right‐hemispheric stroke, radiologically confirmed; hospitalised in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or external monitoring; diagnosis of negligence as indicated by BIT score ≤ 129; stroke > 1 month prior to enrolment
Exclusion criteria: degenerative neurological condition; uncontrolled epilepsy; temporo‐spatial disorientation; language disorders or psychiatric disorders interfering with understanding instructions; history of prior stroke; multiple stroke; unstable medical condition; pregnancy; implanted materials; unweaned alcoholism
Interventions 2 arms
  1. A‐tDCS over M1 (1 mA for 20 minutes) plus prismatic adaptation on 5 consecutive sessions

  2. Sham tDCS over M1 plus prismatic adaptation on 5 consecutive sessions

Outcomes Outcomes will be recorded at baseline, at the end of intervention (5 weeks) and 2, 6 and 15 weeks after the end of intervention
Primary outcome measure
  1. BIT


Secondary outcome measures:
  1. BTN

  2. Functional independence scale (MIF)

  3. Cahterine Bergego Scale (ECB)

  4. Jamar dynamometer

Starting date September 2014
Contact information Sophie Jacquin‐Courtois, MD‐PhD
Laurent Villeneuve, CRA
Hospices Civils de Lyon
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