Effects of high-definition tDCS targeting individual motor hotspot with EMG-driven robotic hand training on upper extremity motor function: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delivering HD-tDCS on individual motor hotspot with optimal electric fields could overcome challenges of stroke heterogeneity, potentially facilitating neural activation and improving motor function for stroke survivors. However, the intervention effect of this personalized HD-tDCS has not been explored on post-stroke motor recovery. In this study, we aim to evaluate whether targeting individual motor hotspot with HD-tDCS followed by EMG-driven robotic hand training could further facilitate the upper extremity motor function for chronic stroke survivors.

Methods

In this pilot randomized controlled trial, eighteen chronic stroke survivors were randomly allocated into two groups. The HDtDCS-group (n = 8) received personalized HD-tDCS using task-based fMRI to guide t

SUBMITTER: Hu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414071 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature