Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Functional Interest of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation During Physiotherapy at a Subacute Phase Post Stroke (Anodal Protocol).
Brief Summary: Previous research that utilises single sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have demonstrated functional improvements. However these improvements are usually short-lived, lasting less than one hour before the patient's performance returns to baseline. In these studies, tDCS is typically applied with the goal of adaptively enhancing functional activation of pathologically under-active tissue or suppressing pathologically over-active tissue. Interestingly, a small body of evidence is now emerging to indicate that tDCS can improve learning/memory functions in healthy controls. The goal of this study is to test if the application of tDCS could enhance learning and/or memory for physiotherapy rehabilitation, which may in turn lead to correspondingly greater motor improvement. Patients at a subacute stage (1 to 6 month post stroke) will attend for 10 consecutive daily sessions of tDCS.

This research has important implications; previous studies suggest that such an approach has the potential to facilitate physical rehabilitation post-stroke and establish tDCS as a clinically viable rehabilitative tool. Recovery of motor skills may take many months to acquire and therefore strategies that have the potential to enhance acquisition of skill are of practical and scientific interest.


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A: Arm Label: real tDCS + TOCT; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: real tDCS + TOCT | Arm Label: sham tDCS + TOCT; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Device: sham tDCS + TOCT | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: sham tDCS + TOCT; Assigned to Arm(s): sham tDCS + TOCT | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: real tDCS + TOCT; Assigned to Arm(s): real tDCS + TOCT
B: Arm Label: Biofeedback training; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: Cycling, Device: Balance, Other: Standard physical therapy | Arm Label: Usual Care; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Standard physical therapy | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Cycling; Assigned to Arm(s): Biofeedback training | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Balance; Assigned to Arm(s): Biofeedback training | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Standard physical therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Biofeedback training, Usual Care
C: Arm Label: Mirror therapy with tDCS; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Mirror Therapy with tDCS | Arm Label: Mirror Therapy; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Mirror Therapy | Arm Label: Control Intervention; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Control Intervention | Arm Label: Mirror Therapy with sham-tDCS; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Mirror Therapy with sham-tDCS | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mirror Therapy with tDCS; Assigned to Arm(s): Mirror therapy with tDCS | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mirror Therapy with sham-tDCS; Assigned to Arm(s): Mirror Therapy with sham-tDCS | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mirror Therapy; Assigned to Arm(s): Mirror Therapy | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Control Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Control Intervention
D: Arm Label: Sham tDCS and motor training: sham comparator; Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Device: Sham tDCS | Arm Label: Anodal tDCS and motor training: experimental; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: anodal tDCS (device) Eldith DC-Stimulator | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: anodal tDCS (device) Eldith DC-Stimulator; Assigned to Arm(s): Anodal tDCS and motor training: experimental | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: Sham tDCS; Assigned to Arm(s): Sham tDCS and motor training: sham comparator

Answer: D