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 个研究点目标入组 78 人开始时间: 2024年2月13日最近更新: 2024年2月19日

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•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.

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Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA