Dual-task Training Combined With tDCS on Cognitive-motor Performance and Brain Activity in Stroke Patients
The Effect of Dual-task Training Combined With tDCS on Cognitive-motor Interference and Related Brain Activity in Stroke Patients
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
72 participants
Jan 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate tDCS combined with cognitive-motor training on dual-task interference during dual-task walking, dual-task foot pedaling and the corresponding alterations of brain activity.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- a diagnosis of stroke, stroke onset of more than 6 months,
- aged 50 or more,
- capable of following verbal and visual instructions,
- having a Montreal Cognitive Assessment score ≥ 22,
- able to walk for 10 meters with/without a mobility aid,
- community-dwelling, unilateral stroke
Exclusion Criteria7
- neurological disorders, gait-precluding pain or comorbidity,
- receiving any formal rehabilitation training,
- contraindications to exercise (e.g., unstable angina),
- contraindications to fNIRS, MRI, and tDCS (e.g., brain skin injury, pacemaker, metal implants in the brain),
- history of seizure or epilepsy,
- color blindness.
- unable to walk with/without a mobility aid while responsing stimulus by the remote control
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Interventions
participants receive three 20-minute active tDCS treatment and three 60-minute COGMOTION dual-task exercise sessions per week for four consecutive weeks.
participants receive three 20-minute sham tDCS treatment and three 60-minute COGMOTION dual-task exercise sessions per week for four consecutive weeks.
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NCT06769672