Brain Stimulation and Robotics in Chronic Stroke Motor Recovery

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

82

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Conditions
Chronic Stroke
Interventions
DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation

A constant, low current stimulation is provided non-invasively through sponge electrodes positioned over the motor cortex of the affected arm. The stimulation is provided for 20 minutes at an intensity of 2 mA.

DEVICE

Upper extremity robotics

Participants complete robotic training 3 days per week for 12 weeks, or 36 sessions. The protocol alternates between planar (shoulder/elbow) and wrist robots for the duration of the study.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

OTHER

collaborator

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

OTHER

collaborator

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

OTHER

lead

Burke Medical Research Institute

OTHER