Effect of Cranial Stimulation and Acupuncture on Pain, Functional Capability and Cerebral Function in Osteoarthritis
CompletedNot applicableNCT01747070
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and electro acupuncture (EAC) compared to sham treatment in reducing pain, improving functional capacity and functioning of the neuro-immune-endocrine system in patients with chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Electro Acupuncture in Pain, Functional Capability and Cortical Excitability in Patients With Osteoarthritis.
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: tDCS and EAC sham
- Other: tDCS sham and EAC sham
- Other: tDCS sham and EAC
- Other: tDCS and EAC
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Collaborators
- Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa
- Start date
- 2014-03
- Primary completion
- 2016-03
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria:- Provision of informed consent to participate. * Women with over 18 years old,with chronic pain because of primary osteoarthritis of the knee. * Pain stable for at least three months. Score greater than or equal to 3 cm (0 cm = "no pain" and "worst possible pain" = 10cm) on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain perception at baseline. * No contraindications to electroacupuncture, transcranial direct current stimulation or transcranial magnetic stimulation. Exclusion Criteria:-Clinically significant or unstable disorder, medical or psychiatric. * Presence of neurological or rheumatic comorbidity. * Pregnancy. * Already having been treated with acupuncture. * Having performed with corticosteroid infiltration in the last six weeks or are using this. * Having performed with hyaluronic acid infiltration in the last year. * Previous surgery on the limb to be treated or have surgical program for the next 6 months.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01747070