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Keep this study
Lead
University of Minnesota
With
Minnesota Medical Foundation
Completing a pilot safety study is paramount to the future goal of incorporating the tDCS pediatric safety data and combining tDCS and rehabilitation with constraint-induced movement therapy in order to improve motor outcomes beyond what rehabilitation therapies alone can provide and enhance quality of life for these children with hemiparesis.
Age
8–17
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Congenital Hemiparesis confirmed by most recent MRI or CT radiologic report.
2. Hemispheric Stroke or Periventricular Leukomalacia
3. Ages 8-17 years old
4. ≥ 10 degrees of active motion at the metacarpophalangeal joint
5. Adequate receptive language function to follow two-step commands as evidenced by performance on TOKEN test of intelligence
6. No evidence of seizure activity within the last 2 years.
7. Subject is able to give informed assent and providing a signature, along with the informed consent signature of the legal guardian as evidenced by signature.
You may not be if
1. Metabolic Disorders
2. Neoplasm
3. Epilepsy
4. Disorders of Cellular Migration and Proliferation
5. Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury
6. Expressive Aphasia
7. Pregnancy
8. Indwelling metal or incompatible medical devices
9. Evidence of skin disease or skin abnormalities
10. Botulinum toxin or phenol intramuscular block within the one-month preceding tDCS
Clareo Health | Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Pediatric Hemiparesis
