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Trial reportBrain communications2024

Alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation as add-on to neglect training: a randomized trial.

Marij Middag-van Spanje, Tanja C W Nijboer, Jan Schepers, Caroline van Heugten, Alexander T Sack, Teresa Schuhmann

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Trial report in Brain communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marij Middag-van SpanjeDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-5335
Tanja C W NijboerDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jan SchepersDepartment of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Caroline van HeugtenLimburg Brain Injury Center, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Alexander T SackDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Teresa SchuhmannDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visuospatial neglect is a common and debilitating condition following unilateral stroke, significantly impacting cognitive functioning and daily life. There is an urgent need for effective treatments that can provide clinically relevant and sustained benefits. In addition to traditional stroke treatment, non-invasive brain stimulation, such as transcranial alternating current stimulation, shows promise as a complementary approach to enhance stroke recovery. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the additive effects of multi-session transcranial alternating current stimulation at alpha frequency when combined with visual scanning training in chronic stroke patients with visuospatial neglect. In this double-blind randomized controlled trial, we compared the effects of active transcranial alternating current stimulation at alpha frequency to sham (placebo) transcranial alternating current stimulation, both combined with visual scanning training. Both groups received eighteen 40-minute training sessions over a 6-week period. A total of 22 chronic visuospatial neglect patients participated in the study (active group

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activities of daily living (ADL)neglectrandomized controlled trial (RCT)stroketranscranial electrical stimulation (tES)

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PMID39301290
PMCPMC11411215

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