Assessing the impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on hip osteoarthritis burden (the STIM HIPS study): a protocol for a randomised, triple blind controlled trial.

Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA0 sites78 target enrollmentFebruary 13, 2024

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

February 13, 2024

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA

•Clinical and radiological diagnosis of hip OA will be undertaken (includes accounting for dropouts). The clinical and radiological diagnosis will be made via a Sports and Exercise Physician. The clinical diagnosis includes activity\-related hip pain (\>3/10\) and positive Flexion Adduction and Internal Rotation (FADDIR) tests. Radiological OA will be categorised as a Kellgren Lawrence score of greater than or equal to 2\.

•Rehabilitation in past 6\-months; previous lower\-limb surgery; hip joint injection within 3 months; neurological conditions; cardiometabolic conditions that preclude exercise; inability to commit to rehabilitation; specific transcranial magnetic stimulation and tDCS (Pregnancy; Neurological conditions/illness, including epilepsy/convulsion/seizure
•Vascular, traumatic, tumorous, infectious, or metabolic lesion of the brain, even without history of seizure, and without anticonvulsant medication; previous or current implants in their body that may be triggered or heated by an electrical current (e.g. pacemaker, intracranial shunts, artificial cochlea, etc); Any mental implanted in their head (e.g. surgical clips, staples, shrapnel); Frequent or intense headaches; Previous brain trauma or neurosurgical intervention Serious medical complications (e.g. advanced pulmonary, cardiac, liver or kidney disease) or CPM contraindications (Cold urticaria; Raynaud’s phenomenon); inability to understand English.