60
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2012
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Transcranial direct current stimulation
20 Minutes of transcranial direct current stimulation (20 min, 1 mA) administered over the contralesional cortical swallow motor area once daily over 4 consecutive days. In case of a brainstem stroke stimulation will be applied over the cortical swallow motor area of the right hemisphere.
Sham stimulation
20 Minutes of sham transcranial direct current stimulation (20 min, no current applied) administered over the contralesional cortical swallow motor area once daily over 4 consecutive days. In case of a brainstem stroke sham stimulation will be applied over the cortical swallow motor area of the right hemisphere.
Department of Neurology, University of Muenster, Münster
University Hospital Muenster
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