Chronic Pain
Conditions
Keywords
transcranial direct current stimulation, physical exercise, physiotherapy, clinical settings
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.
Detailed description
Chronic pain patients who are going to the physiotherapy clinic to receive tDCS treatment sessions are evaluated in order to assess the efficacy of tDCS in clinical settings. Physiotherapists prescribe physical exercises adapted to the patients conditions. Patients performed their physical exercises every time they received a tDCS treatment, but were also recommended to continue their physical exercises program at home after completion of physiotherapy visits. Concerning tDCS treatment, patients were encouraged to receive 1 tDCS session per day for 5 consecutive days.
Interventions
OTHERtranscranial 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.
Sponsors
Université de Sherbrooke
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* To have chronic pain
Exclusion criteria
* Contraindication to tDCS
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Brief Pain Inventory | Baseline, 1 week, 1 month | Physical Function |
| Change in Beck Depression Inventory | Baseline, 1 week, 1 month | Depression |
| Change in Patient global impression of change | 1 week, 1 month | Impression of change |
| Change in McGill pain Questionnaire | Baseline, 1 week, 1 month | qualitative and quantitative aspects of pain |
| Change in Tampa Questionnaire | Baseline, 1 week, 1 month | Kinesiophobia |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Side effect | Through study completion, an average of 5 days | Side effect reported by the patients (headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, redness, tingling) |
| Number of sessions received | Through study completion, an average of 5 days | Feasibility; did the patients received all their tDCS sessions in 5 days (1 per day) |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactGuillaume Leonard, PhD
Backup ContactMarie-Philippe Harvey, M.Sc
Outcome results
None listed