Efficacy of rTMS as an Adjunct to AI Enabled Remedial Intervention in Children With Dyslexia
Dyslexia, Specific Learning Disability, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Dyslexia focused on measuring Dyslexia, SLD, TMS, Hf rTMS
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Indian school going children aged 6-18 years having specific learning disorder (SLD) with dyslexia diagnosed by DSM-5 criteria English as one of the languages in school Parents willing for the study Exclusion Criteria: Parents not willing to participate or follow up at desired frequency of study Child who has already received or is on remedial intervention within last 12 weeks provided by Child Psychologist/ Clinician/Psychiatrist Children who participated in a completed DM dissertation on remedial program in SLD Child already on any psychotropic medications Neurological or psychiatric disorder other than comorbid disorders of SLD Uncontrolled epilepsy as defined by seizure frequency >1/month for preceding 3 months Severe concurrent illness or disease or unstable medical conditions Any contraindications for MRI like presence of pacemaker, metallic implant Any contraindications for TMS like Implanted electronic device and non-removable metallic objects near coil e.g. pacemaker, cochlear implant; presence of ferromagnetic metal in the head outside the mouth; on medication lowering seizure threshold.
Sites / Locations
- All India Institute of Medical SciencesRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
High frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Children who have given consent for the study and are fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be enrolled and given Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as per protocol as described below over 12 week along with AI based remedial intervention. TMS protocol - 5 Hz High frequency rTMS, at 100% RMT, 60 pulses per train, total 10 trains , gap between 2 consecutive trains of 30 sec, at left IPL and left STG localised using 10-20 EEG based system at P3 and P5 respectively , using figure of 8 coil 1st cycle of 10 sessions over 10 consecutive days, 2nd cycle of 5 sessions over 5 consecutive days , 3rd cycle for 5 sessions over 5 consecutive days ; gap of 6 weeks between 2 consecutive cycles Total 3 cycles per patient