Exploration of Parameters of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Chronic Pain
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Chronic Pain
In brief
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on subjects with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The investigators hypothesize that subjects will show a decrease in pain symptoms in the active anodal stimulation group when compared to sham stimulation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01402960
- Run by
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- People needed
- 18
- Starts
- 2011-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-02-13
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Providing informed consent to participate in the study
- 18 to 64 years old
- Having chronic musculoskeletal pain (existing pain for more than 6 months with an average of at least 3 on a 0-10 VAS scale)
- Pain resistant to common analgesics and medications for chronic pain such as Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Soma, Parafon Forte DCS, Zanaflex, and Codeine.
- Must have the ability to feel pain as self reported
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy
- Contraindications to tDCS
- metal in the head
- implanted brain medical devices
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 6 months as self reported
- Use of carbamazepine within the past 6 months as self reported.
- Severe depression (with a score of >30 in the Beck Depression Inventory)
- History of neurological disorders as self reported.
- History of unexplained fainting spells as self reported,
- History of head injury resulting in more than a momentary loss of consciousness as self reported
- History of neurosurgery as self reported
Where it is running
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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