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Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Post-stroke Patients

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · NCT06541015

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–80 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
100
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 21, 2019
Record last updated
March 30, 2026

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What the study is about

The subjects will be asked to attend minimum 15 separate sessions, 6 for testing changes in reflex behaviors, 3 for testing changes in the influence of descending motor tracts on spinal motor neurons, 3 for each testing functional movement in response to a trip event and cross-tilt walking adaptation pattern, as part of their participation in the research study. The estimated amount of time to enroll and collect the data for each of the subjects is four months' time. The data will be analyzed and ready for grant preparation (if successful) in approximately four months after the start of the study.

Being studied: InTENSity 10 TENS Stimulator

Conditions: Hemiplegia and/or Hemiparesis Following Stroke; Anterior Circulation Stroke of Uncertain Pathology

Eligibility criteria

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Post Stroke Cohort

Inclusion Criteria

  • History of single unilateral stroke with subsequent lower limb hemiparesis on either side (> 6 months since onset)
  • Ability to walk as part of activities of daily living
  • Age between 18 and 80

Exclusion Criteria

  • Presence of concurrent severe medical illness including unhealed pressure sore, active or untreated infection, thromboembolic disease, severe contracture, osteoporosis, heterotropic classification, lower limb fracture, severe pulmonary disease or cardiovascular instability, uncontrolled seizure, uncontrolled diabetes
  • History of any neurological injury other than a single stroke
  • Has received a Botox injection in the lower extremity within the last 4 months
  • Any cognitive deficit that would prevent informed consent or ability to perform the experiment
  • History of prior injury or surgery to the hip or knee
  • Presence of significant lower extremity edema - Presence of cardiac pacemaker or any other electrically implanted device - Use of braces limiting harness/Lokomat fit (Any spinal orthoses such as TLSO, HALO)
  • Weight greater than 300 pounds
  • Adults unable to consent, infants, children, teenagers, pregnant women and prisoners will not be included in the study
  • Clinically significant depression, psychiatric disorders, or ongoing drug abuse
  • Actively taking medications with agents known to increase (e.g. amphetamines) or decrease motor system excitability
  • Suffered a concussion in the last 6 months.
  • Unexplained headaches

Healthy Cohort

Inclusion Criteria

  • No history of stroke, cerebral palsy, injury or surgery to the lower limb.
  • Currently not taking any central nervous system (CNS) affecting medication.
  • Ability to walk as part of activities of daily living
  • Age between 18 and 80

Exclusion Criteria

  • Presence of concurrent severe medical illness including unhealed pressure sore, active or untreated infection, thromboembolic disease, severe contracture, osteoporosis, heterotropic classification, lower limb fracture, severe pulmonary disease or cardiovascular instability, uncontrolled seizure, uncontrolled diabetes
  • History of any neurological injury
  • Taking any medication affecting change in CNS
  • Any cognitive deficit that would prevent informed consent or ability to perform the experiment
  • History of prior injury or surgery to the hip or knee
  • Presence of significant lower extremity edema - Presence of cardiac pacemaker or any other electrically implanted device - Use of braces limiting harness/Lokomat fit (Any spinal orthoses such as TLSO, HALO)
  • Weight greater than 300 pounds
  • Adults unable to consent, infants, children, teenagers, pregnant women and prisoners will not be included in the study
  • Clinically significant depression, psychiatric disorders, or ongoing drug abuse
  • Actively taking medications with agents known to increase (e.g. amphetamines) or decrease motor system excitability
  • Suffered a concussion in the last 6 months.
  • Unexplained headaches
  • Has received a Botox injection in the lower extremity within the last 4 months

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Texas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX 75390

    Site contact: Yasin Dhaher, Ph.D. · 214-645-0064 · yasin.dhaher@utsoutwestern.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Yasin Dhaher, Ph.D. · 214-645-0064 · yasin.dhaher@utsoutwestern.edu
  • Yu-Chen Chung, Ph.D. · 214-648-8838 · yu-chen.chung@utsouthwestern.edu
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