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Transcranial Versus Suboccipital Direct Current Stimulation

NCT04117256 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-03-16

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Summary

Randomized controlled trial, in parallel with cross-control design. Two groups of healthy subjects will be randomly selected to transcranial stimulation group or suboccipital stimulation group. Each group receive in a randomized order a real direct current session and a sham session. The study is based on the hypothesis that the application of direct current sitmulation applied at the suboccipital level produce higher modifications on endogenous pain modulation system than transcranial stimulation.

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Interventions

DEVICE

Direct Current Stimulation

20 minutes of direct current stimulation using an intensity of 1.5mA and electrode size of 6x4cm

DEVICE

Sham DCS

20 minutes of sham stimulation. Subjects will be stimulated during the first 30 seconds. After that, a ramp down of 10 seconds and then the stimulator is turned-off.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Castilla-La Mancha

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julian Scott Taylor, Physiology · Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-10
Primary Completion
2019-11-04
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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