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TDCS* and Laterality Trainnning in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
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.
Official title: Effects of Transcranial Stimulation by Direct Current Associated With Laterality Trainnning in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2023-09-30
Completion Date
2024-12-01
Last Updated
2024-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
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.
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.
Sham TDCS
TDCS sham: The device remains inactive for 20 minutes.
Landscape recognition
Image recognition training that does not refer to right/left discrimination.
Locations (1)
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil