Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with robotic training in incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.

Objective

To test the effects of tDCS, combined with robotic training, on gait disability in SCI. Our hypothesis was that participants who received active tDCS would experience greater walking gains, as indexed by the WISCI-II, than those who received sham tDCS.

Setting

University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Methods

This randomized, double-blind study comprised 43 participants with incomplete SCI who underwent 30 sessions of active (n = 21) or sham (n = 22) tDCS (20 min, 2 mA) before every Lokomat session of 30 min (3 times a week over 12 weeks or 5 times a week over 6 weeks). The main outcome was the improvement in WISCI-II. Participants were assessed at baseline, after 15 and 30 sessions of Lokomat, and aft

SUBMITTER: Simis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature