Motor System Activation With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Physical Exercise to Reduce Pain in Elderly
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04332939
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Brief summary (from the registry)
Physical exercises are known to reduce chronic pain in elderly individuals by activating the motor system. However, it seems that exercises are not effective for everyone. The investigators believe that elderly individuals with altered corticospinal tract will be those in whom the exercise alone are not sufficient to relieve pain. For those patients, adding an exogenous stimulation of the motor system such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) would facilitate the corticospinal tract, and consequently, would help exercises to relieve chronic pain. The investigators hypothesize that combining tDCS with the exercises will be more effective than exercises alone, but only in individuals who initially show low corticospinal projections.
Study details
- Official title
- Activating Motor System to Relieve Pain in Elderly: What is the Role of Physical Exercise and Transcranial Stimulation
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: transcranial direct current stimulation
- Other: Physical exercise
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Start date
- 2020-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-10-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Canada
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * To have musculoskeletal chronic pain * Not to change medication and life habits during the study Exclusion Criteria: * People physically active before the study (more then 150 min of moderate to vigorous exercise par week) * To have an uncontrolled cardiovascular disease * To have orthopedic limitation or contraindication to physical exercise * To have contraindication to tDCS * To have contraindication to TMS * To have contraindication to MRI
Canadian sites (2)
| Facility | City | Province |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Village | Sherbrooke | Quebec |
| Research Centre on Aging | Sherbrooke | Quebec |
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04332939