Study design and participants
stroke
STROKE
We conducted a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled study to investigate the efficacy and safety of bihemispheric tDCS for motor recovery in subacute stroke patients. The ethics committee approved the study at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGHIRB No. 2015-03-003C) and registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02731508). We screened 282 consecutive inpatients between September 2015 and June 2021 and validated their eligibility for the following inclusion criteria (Fig. Enrollment flowchart of this randomized controlled trial. FMA-UE, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Upper Extremity; tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation