Publications

Authors:

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

Title:

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

Year:

2015

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

ISSN of journal:

0922-6028

N° Volume:

33

Number or Folder:

3

Page numbers:

357-368

Keyword:

central nervous system; brain; rehabilitation; spinal cord

Short description of contents:

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.

Web page:

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

Product ID:

88299

Handle IRIS:

11562/927663

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

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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