Comparison of responders and nonresponders with knee osteoarthritis after transcranial direct current stimulation

Juyoung Park, Heling Tong, Yixin Kang, Hongyu Miao, Lifeng Lin, Rina S. Fox, Ilknur Telkes, Geraldine Martorella, Hyochol Ahn

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)507-518
Number of pages12
JournalPain Management
Volume14
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • BMI
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • older adults
  • responders to tDCS
  • transcranial direct current stimulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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