Recruitment
Stroke
STROKE
Patients from Centers 1, 2, and 3 were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of three groups, i.e., anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (A-tDCS), cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (C-tDCS), and sham transcranial direct current stimulation (S-tDCS). Randomization was performed by a research assistant using a real-time, dynamic, internet-based, randomized minimization procedure to balance the numbers of patients across the three groups with respect to age, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, use or non-use of intravenous alteplase, baseline Behavioral Inattention Test-conventional (BIT-C) score, and participating centers. A second research assistant opened consecutively numbered, randomly ordered, opaque envelopes containing the group allocation results after the baseline assessment. Assessments of outcomes were performed by an assessor blinded to the treatment allocation results, who conducted a detailed assessment of the participants’ conditions for the training program.