Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Picelli, Alessandro; Chemello, Elena; Castellazzi, Paola; Roncari, Laura; Waldner, Andreas; Saltuari, Leopold; Smania, Nicola

Titolo:

Combined effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) on robot-assisted gait training in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot, double blind, randomized controlled trial

Anno:

2015

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Nome rivista:

RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

ISSN Rivista:

0922-6028

N° Volume:

33

Numero o Fascicolo:

3

Intervallo pagine:

357-368

Parole chiave:

central nervous system; brain; rehabilitation; spinal cord

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

Purpose: Preliminary evidence has shown no additional effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on robotic gait training in chronic stroke, probably due to the neural organization of locomotion involving cortical and spinal control. Our aim was to compare the combined effects of tDCS and transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) on robotic gait training in chronic stroke. Methods: Thirty chronic stroke patients received ten 20-minute robot-assisted gait training sessions, five days a week, for 2 consecutive weeks combined with anodal tDCS + sham tsDCS (group 1; n = 10) or sham tDCS + cathodal tsDCS (group 2; n = 10) or tDCS + cathodal tsDCS (group 3; n = 10). The primary outcome was the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) performed before, after, 2 weeks and 4 weeks post-treatment. Results: Significant differences in the 6MWT distance were noted between group 3 and group 1 at the post-treatment and 2-week follow-up evaluations (post-treatment P = 0.015; 2-week follow-up P = 0.001) and between group 3 and group 2 (post-treatment P = 0.010; 2-week follow-up P = 0.015). No difference was found between group 2 and group 1. Conclusions: Our preliminary findings support the hypothesis that anodal tDCS combined with cathodal tsDCS may be useful to improve the effects of robotic gait training in chronic stroke.

Pagina Web:

http://content.iospress.com/articles/restorative-neurology-and-neuroscience/rnn140474
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/RNN-140474

Id prodotto:

88299

Handle IRIS:

11562/927663

ultima modifica:

15 novembre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

Picelli, Alessandro; Chemello, Elena; Castellazzi, Paola; Roncari, Laura; Waldner, Andreas; Saltuari, Leopold; Smania, Nicola, Combined effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) on robot-assisted gait training in patients with chronic stroke: A pilot, double blind, randomized controlled trial «RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE» , vol. 33 , n. 3 , 2015 , pp. 357-368

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