Safety and tolerability of transcranial direct current stimulation to stroke patients – A phase I current escalation study

A prior meta-analysis revealed that higher doses of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have a better post-stroke upper-extremity motor recovery. While this finding suggests that currents greater than the typically used 2  mA may be more efficacious, the safety and tolerability of higher currents have not been assessed in stroke patients. We aim to assess the safety and tolerability of single session of up to 4 mA in stroke patients.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - February 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Rong Chen, Rachael Deardorff, Blair Dellenbach, Steven A. Kautz, Mark S. George, Wuwei Feng Source Type: research