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The Effect of tDCS in the Preoperative Period of Hallux Valgus Surgical Treatment

NCT02360462 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2017-07-18

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Summary

This is a clinical trial that intend to determine if transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the treatment of postoperative pain and in the anxiety level in the preoperative period of hallux valgus surgical treatment

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Active tDCS

The stimulation will be administered with a pair of surface electrodes, sponge coated, soaked in saline. A battery-powered constant current stimulator will be used for this purpose (tDCS device). The stimulation is performed by placing the anodal electrode in the primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathodal one in the contralateral supraorbital area and it will use a 2 mA (milliampere) current.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS

The sham tDCS consists in the same montage of the active tDCS, but the device is turned off 30 seconds after stimulation starts (without letting the patient notice it). The rest of the montage is kept identical to the active one during the 20 minutes session

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Independencia

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wolnei Caumo, MD, PhD · Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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