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Participants
Start Date
October 30, 2017
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2018
Study Completion Date
February 13, 2020
sequentially apply tDCS and MT
The participants in the SEQ group will first receive a-tDCS applied over M1lesioned without any active arm practice for 20 minutes. For the following 20 minutes, the participants will receive the MT, while the electrodes will be remained on the scalp without stimulation (sham tDCS). Then the electrodes will be removed from the scalp, and the participants will continue another 20 minutes of MT without tDCS. The treatment session will be ended with 30 minutes of functional task practice.
apply tDCS concurrently
Sham tDCS will be first applied for 20 minutes without active arm practice. Twenty minutes of a-tDCS will then be applied concurrently with MT followed by another 20 minutes of MT without tDCS. The participants will also practice functional tasks for 30 minutes after MT.
MT with sham tDCS
The training procedure will be the same as the above 2 groups except that sham tDCS will be provided in the first 40 minutes.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Songshan
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan District
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
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