Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain Control in Chronic Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty
CompletedNot applicableNCT04579952
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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 TSEF-PTG study aims to evaluate the effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and exercise versus sham tDCS (placebo) and exercise on pain control in chronic painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Exercise Versus Sham tDCS and Exercise on Pain Control in Chronic Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
- Start date
- 2021-01-25
- Primary completion
- 2023-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Italy
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * signed informed consent * able to independently walk (with or without walk aids) * chronic painful TKA (more than 3 months) * Visual Analogic Scale for pain more than 3/10 * No cognitive impairments (MMSE\>24 or =24/30) Exclusion Criteria: * intracranial metal devices, pacemakers or any implantable devices * cutaneous abnormalities on the stimulation sites * epilepsy (past or present) * neurological or psychiatric pathologies * cognitive impairment (MMSE\<24/30) * no opioids abuse (past or present) * severe cardiopulmonary, renal or hepatic pathologies * pregnancy * known present TKA complications (e.g. infections, mobilization, etc...) * pain therapy modifications in the last 1 month
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04579952