79
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2016
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2016
anodal tDCS
a single 20-minute session of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with the anode electrode placed over the left DLPFC and the cathode electrode attached to the right shoulder
cathodal tDCS
a single 20-minute session of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with the anode attached to the right shoulder and the cathode electrode placed over the left DLPFC.
sham tDCS
Participants were provided pain education during 20 minutes of sham tDCS. For sham, the device was turned on for 30 seconds to temporarily mimic tingling and skin sensations of real tDCS and then ramped-down to 0mA for the duration of the 20-minute session
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
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