Samira Hasanzadeh; Hossein Zare
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation in improving visual response control and everyday memory among patients with ischemic stroke. For this purpose, 20 patients with ischemic stroke (with an average age of 38 to 73 years) were selected by the ...
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The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation in improving visual response control and everyday memory among patients with ischemic stroke. For this purpose, 20 patients with ischemic stroke (with an average age of 38 to 73 years) were selected by the available sampling method then they were assigned randomly into two experimental and control groups. Cognitive assessment of patients, including pre-intervention, evaluation immediately after the intervention and three months after intervention using Sunderland everyday memory Questionnaire (1983) and IVA+Plus (2015) (Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance) Test was done. The experimental group received 15 sessions for 20 minutes with a current of 2 mA Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) for four weeks, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed by Repeated Measure. According to the findings, treatment of transcranial direct current stimulation has had a positive effect on improving the cognitive functions such as everyday memory and visual response control of patients with ischemic stroke in the experimental group . also obtained these results at the follow-up stage, which was 3 months after the intervention. (p<0/05). Therefore, this study has provided evidence for the effectiveness of a transcranial direct current stimulation program (TDCS) on everyday memory and visual response control in patients with ischemic stroke, which can improve memory and visual response control in this category of patients and can have a positive effect on the cognitive performance of patients.
