Robotic Therapy and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Stroke (ROTS)
Stroke
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stroke focused on measuring robotic therapy, transcranial direct current stimulation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke onset 3 - 9 weeks before the recruiting, confirmed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.
- Moderate to severe motor impairment of an upper limb, defined as a score between 7 - 42 on the Upper Limb Subscale of Fugl Meyer Assessment of Sensorimotor Recovery after stroke.
- Ability to provide written informed consent (patient ou legal representative)
- Ability to comply with the schedule of interventions and evaluations in the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe spasticity at the paretic elbow, wrist or fingers, defined as a score of > 3 on the Modified Ashworth Spasticity Scale.
- Upper limb plegia
- Uncontrolled medical problems such as end-stage cancer or renal disease
- Pregnancy
- Seizures, except for a single seizure during the first week post stroke
- Pacemakers
- Other neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease
- Psychiatric illness including severe depression
- Aphasia ou severe cognitive deficits that compromise comprehension of the experimental protocol or ability to provide consent.
- Hemineglect
- Drugs that interfere on cortical excitability, except for antidepressants
- Cerebellar lesions
Sites / Locations
- Hospital das Clínicas
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Experimental
Active tDCS + robotic therapy + physical therapy
sham tDCS + robotic therapy + physical therapy
sham tDCS + physical therapy + occupational therapy
Active tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) will be applied prior to the robotic training. After robot training, the patient will receive physical therapy for 40 minutes. Number of treatment sessions: 18 (3 times a week, for 6 weeks).
Sham tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) will be applied prior to robotic training. After robot training, the patient will receive physical therapy for 40 minutes. Number of treatment sessions: 18 (3 times a week, for 6 weeks).
Sham tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) will be applied prior to conventional therapy (40 minutes of physical therapy and 40 minutes of occupational therapy) Number of treatment sessions: 18 (3 times a week, for 6 weeks).