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Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2018

Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation plus tracking training therapy in people with stroke: an open-label feasibility study.

Ann Van de Winckel, James R Carey, Teresa A Bisson, Elsa C Hauschildt, Christopher D Streib, William K Durfee

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Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02460809 (Home-based tDCS and Hand Tracking Rehabilitation for Chronic Stroke), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02460809 nacompletednot on this map

Home-based tDCS and Hand Tracking Rehabilitation for Chronic Stroke

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MinnesotaRan2017 to 2017Enrolled6ConditionsStrokeArmsTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Editorial: Insights in interventions for rehabilitation: 2023.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023
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  19. At-Home Cortical Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain: a Feasibility Study with Initial Clinical Results.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ann Van de WinckelDivision of Physical Therapy; Division of Rehabilitation Science, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE (MMC388), Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. avandewi@umn.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8400-3177
James R CareyDivision of Physical Therapy; Division of Rehabilitation Science, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE (MMC388), Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Teresa A BissonDivision of Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Elsa C HauschildtDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Christopher D StreibDepartment of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
William K DurfeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an effective neuromodulation adjunct to repetitive motor training in promoting motor recovery post-stroke. Finger tracking training is motor training whereby people with stroke use the impaired index finger to trace waveform-shaped lines on a monitor. Our aims were to assess the feasibility and safety of a telerehabilitation program consisting of tDCS and finger tracking training through questionnaires on ease of use, adverse symptoms, and quantitative assessments of motor function and cognition. We believe this telerehabilitation program will be safe and feasible, and may reduce patient and clinic costs.

methodsSix participants with hemiplegia post-stroke [mean (SD) age was 61 (10) years; 3 women; mean (SD) time post-stroke was 5.5 (6.5) years] received five 20-min tDCS sessions and finger tracking training provided through telecommunication. Safety measurements included the Digit Span Forward Test for memory, a survey of symptoms, and the Box and Block test for motor function. We assessed feasibility by adherence to treatment and by a questionnaire on ease of equipment use. We reported descriptive statistics on all outcome measures.

resultsParticipants completed all treatment sessions with no adverse events. Also, 83.33% of participants found the set-up easy, and all were comfortable with the devices. There was 100% adherence to the sessions and all recommended telerehabilitation.

conclusionstDCS with finger tracking training delivered through telerehabilitation was safe, feasible, and has the potential to be a cost-effective home-based therapy for post-stroke motor rehabilitation.

trial registrationNCT02460809 (ClinicalTrials.gov).

Indexed as

AdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedStroke RehabilitationTelerehabilitationTranscranial Direct Current StimulationNeurological rehabilitationPhysical therapyStrokeTelerehabilitationTranscranial direct current stimulation

Identifiers

PMID30227864
PMCPMC6145321
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