Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain Perception

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

79

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2016

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2016

Conditions
Pain
Interventions
DEVICE

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

DEVICE

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.

DEVICE

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

Trial Locations (1)

29425

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

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