Changes in Experimental Pain Sensitivity from Using Home-Based Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study examined the effects of home-based remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation on quantitative sensory testing measurements in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Participants were hypothesized to experience improved pain measurements over time.

Design

Open-label, single-arm trial.

Setting

Southeast Texas between March and November 2018 at a nursing school and participant homes.

Subjects

Older adults (aged 50-85 years) with self-reported unilateral or bilateral knee osteoarthritis pain who met eligibility criteria set by the American College of Rheumatology.

Methods

The intervention was applied with a constant current intensity for 20 minutes every weekday for two weeks (10 total sessions). Quantitative meas

SUBMITTER: Suchting R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453601 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature