Robotic-assisted Gait Training Combined With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Maximize Gait Recovery After Stroke

tDCS will be applied on the primary motor cortex of the lower limb in the impared hemisphere before robotic-assisted gait training. Anodal tDCS will be applied with an intensity of 2mA for 20 min. Sham tDCS will be applied with an intensity of 2mA just for 1 min, after which the current will be slowly tapered down to 0 over a several seconds.

Robotic-assisted gait training with an exoskeletal type robot which simulates normal walking on a treadmill for patients with gait impairments