Recruiting

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Sponsor:

Université de Sherbrooke

Code:

NCT04726423

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

transcranial direct current stimulation

Study Details

Brief summary:

Physical exercises and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are both known to reduce chronic pain in structured laboratory studies. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of this combined treatment in clinical settings.

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Study ID

NCT04726423

Start date

Jan 4, 2021

Status verified date

Jul, 2023

Completion date

Dec, 2023

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 4, 2021

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • To have chronic pain

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindication to tDCS

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

transcranial direct current stimulation

5 daily sessions of tDCS (2mA, 20 min) were recommended to all patients. Physical exercises were also done at the physiotherapy clinic. Physical exercises program was recommended to be continued at home after the week of physiotherapy visits.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in McGill pain Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week, 1 month ]
  • Change in Brief Pain Inventory [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week, 1 month ]
  • Change in Tampa Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week, 1 month ]
  • Change in Beck Depression Inventory [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week, 1 month ]
  • Change in Patient global impression of change [ Time Frame: 1 week, 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Guillaume Leonard, PhD

1 819-780-2220guillaume.leonard2@usherbrooke.ca

Marie-Philippe Harvey, M.Sc

marie.philippe.harvey@usherbrooke.ca

Locations

Physio-Atlas

Recruiting

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1L 0H8

Contacts

Antoine Laramé, M.Sc.

819-562-0868

More Information

Sponsor

Université de Sherbrooke

Last update posted

Jul 12, 2023

Last verified

Jul, 2023

Keywords

  • transcranial direct current stimulation
  • physical exercise
  • physiotherapy
  • clinical settings

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Université de Sherbrooke on 2023-07-12.