Pain healthy controls
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: transcutaneous-spinal direct current stimulation on thoracic spine for 20min (ANODAL)
Group 2: transcutaneous-spinal direct current stimulation on thoracic spine for 20min (CATHODAL)
Group 3:
Sponsors
Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Palliativ- und Schmerzmedizin; Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: >18 years and <45 years voluntariness male healthy right-handed written informed consent sufficient German language skills
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: female gender left-handed, two-handed any intake of medication neurological symptoms psychiatric disorder tattoo diabetes mellitus or polyneuropathy withdrawal of declaration of consent staff of principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes (post-pre differences) in resting state functional connectivity within anodal and/or cathodal stimulation sessions were compared to changes in connectivity within the sham stimulation session. We hypothesize that tsDCS-induced changes in neurophysiological measures might be reflected in spontaneous brain activity in the associated networks using fMRI. Design: fMRI - tsDCS for 20min - fMRI | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We investigated tsDCS-induced changes in somatosensory cortical connectivity by using seed-to-voxel-based analyses from the primary somatosensory cortex and the thalamus (e.g. pain circuits) prior and after 20min tsDCS visualized by fMRI. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactChristine Meyer-Frießem
Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Palliativ- und Schmerzmedizin; Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum
Outcome results
None listed