Using Home-based, Remotely Supervised, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Phantom Limb PainKevin Pacheco-Barrios *1,2, Daniela Martinez-Magallanes *1, Cristina Xicota Naqui 1,3, Marianna Daibes 1, Elly Pichardo 1, Alejandra Cardenas-Rojas 1, David Crandell 4, Anahita Dua 5, Abhishek Datta 6,7, Wolnei Caumo 8,9,10, Felipe Fregni 1
1Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, 3Nursing Department, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 4Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 5Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 6Research and Development, Soterix Medical, 7City College of New York, 8Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 9Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), 10Pain and Palliative Care Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)
The goal of this study is to describe a protocol for the home-based delivery of remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation (RS-tDCS) conserving the standard procedures of in-clinic practice, including safety, reproducibility, and tolerability. The participants included will be patients with phantom limb pain (PLP).
