Abstract
Aim: The study compared responders and nonresponders to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) regarding clinical pain outcomes in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Patients and Methods/Materials: Sixty participants received home-based active tDCS, and clinical pain outcomes were compared between responders and nonresponders. Results: Latent class growth analyses classified 41 participants as responders and 19 as nonresponders. Responders showed significantly greater decreases in pain intensity from baseline to post intervention than nonresponders (p <.001). Participants with higher BMI (p =.02) and weight (p =.005) were more likely to respond, while no significant sociodemographic differences were found. Conclusions: Identifying characteristics of nonresponsive tDCS subgroups can tailor treatments for each group. Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov identifier is NCT04016272.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 507-518 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Pain Management |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- BMI
- Knee osteoarthritis
- older adults
- responders to tDCS
- transcranial direct current stimulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine