NCT01758991.
Trial name or title | Therapeutic Impact of tDCS on dysphagia in the acute phase of stroke (improving swallowing after stroke with transcranial direct current stimulation (iSWAT)) |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | 100 acute stroke patients with dysphagia |
Interventions | Experimental group: tDCS Control group: sham tDCS |
Outcomes | Videofluoroscopy; fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing; NIHSS; clinical records; swallowing quality of life ‐ SWAL‐QOL |
Starting date | 2013 |
Contact information | Katalin de Fays; katalin.defays@uclouvain.be |
Notes | Funding: University Hospital of Mont‐Godinne; Université Catholique de Louvain |