Center of Pediatric Neurostimulation, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Education and health in childhood and adolescence, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2023 Jul;26(5):279-286. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2023.2228400. Epub 2023 Jun 23.
Compare the effectiveness of active and sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during the training of a dual task in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).
Thirty children with CP were submitted to ten sessions of either active ( = 15) or sham ( = 15) tDCS over the motor cortex for 20 minutes during the training of a dual task. Pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up evaluations involved measures of functional performance, intellectual performance, functional mobility and cortical excitability.
The combination of active tDCS and dual task training led to improvements in functional mobility as well as functional and intellectual performances one month after the end of the intervention.
The combination of active tDCS and dual task training demonstrated promising effects for children with spastic CP.
比较痉挛型脑瘫儿童在双重任务训练中接受真刺激和假刺激经颅直流电刺激（tDCS）的效果。
30 名脑瘫儿童接受了 10 次真刺激（ = 15）或假刺激（ = 15）tDCS，每次 20 分钟，刺激部位为运动皮质，同时进行双重任务训练。在干预前、干预后和随访评估中，对患儿的功能表现、智力表现、功能性移动能力和皮质兴奋性进行了测量。
真刺激 tDCS 联合双重任务训练可提高功能性移动能力以及干预结束后一个月的功能和智力表现。
真刺激 tDCS 联合双重任务训练对痉挛型脑瘫儿童具有良好的应用前景。
