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TDCS* and Laterality Trainnning in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT06204627 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2024-05-16

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Summary

Chronic neck pain leads to decreased quality of life and absenteeism at work, generating great personal and socio-economic impact. It has been shown that patients with chronic pain have late recognition of the laterality of the hand, which is related to the duration of symptoms and pain evoked by the execution of the movement. These findings suggest that chronic pain and the consequent disuse of certain motor functions may involve a reorganization of the cortical representation of the body scheme or motor planning.

Non-invasive neuromodulation, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), allows modulating cortical excitability and promoting pain relief.

This study intends to verify the effects of the association of noninvasive brain stimulation with TDCS with an intervention with visual and motor stimuli related to laterality in patients with neck pain.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

TDCS

Technique of non-invasive brain stimulation by direct current (TDCS) which involves the modulation of excitability and brain activity, capable of promoting reorganization of the cortical representation of the body schema or motor planning, and consequently, pain relief.

DEVICE

Recognize (hand) - Laterality

This technique stimulates the ability to recognize hand images as right/left quicklPatients with chronic pain present delayed recognition of hand laterality, which is related to the duration of symptoms and the pain evoked by the execution of the movement. Thus, this technique can have beneficial effects in breaking the pain.

OTHER

Sham TDCS

TDCS sham: The device remains inactive for 20 minutes.

OTHER

Landscape recognition

Image recognition training that does not refer to right/left discrimination.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-30
Primary Completion
2024-08-30
Completion
2024-12-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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