Utility of Multisensory Body-Representation in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) With Pain

Part of paid clinical trials in Miami, Florida.

Sponsor
University of Miami
Study ID
NCT06010251
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 70 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • tDCS and bodily illusions — OTHER
    Participants will be required to perform (in person) 10 interventions over a time frame of 2-4 weeks. They can perform this everyday or for a minimum of 2-3 times per week over 4 weeks. Two types of illusions will be used 15 min each, the rubber hand illusion and the walking illusion to target upper and lower limbs. These procedures will impact the body representation of the participants resulting in bodily illusions.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of bodily illusions combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on neuropathic pain symptoms and sensory functions in participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neuropathic pain.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 17, 2023
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Oct 20, 2026
Completion
Oct 20, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: SCI with pain
    Participants will undergo 2-4 weeks of combined intervention including transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and bodily illusions (10 sessions total).

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in neuropathic pain severity assessed by Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory (NPSI) [ Time Frame: Baseline, up to 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of MiamiMiamiFlorida33136
Eva Widerstrom-Noga, PhD
[email protected]
305-243-7125
Roberta Vastano, PhD
[email protected]
7542073627
Eva Widerstrom-Noga, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Roberta Vastano, PhD (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

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