Status:

COMPLETED

tDCS Combined With Therapeutic Exercise in Fibromyalgia Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Conditions:

Fibromyalgia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects on pain of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with therapeutic exercise in fibromyalgia patients.

Detailed Description

Fibromyalgia is one of the rheumatic diseases with the greatest impact on the quality of life, whose etiology and pathophysiology is not yet fully demonstrated. Perhaps this is why its therapeutic app...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age between 18 and 65 years.
  • Fulfilled the 2010 American Colleague of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia.
  • Normal pain intensity of 4 or more points on a visual analog scale.
  • Able to participated in a therapeutic exercise program.
  • Understanding of spoken and written Spanish.

Exclusion

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • Metallic implants in the head.
  • Tumor, trauma or surgery in the brain.
  • Epilepsy or stroke.
  • History of substance abuse in the last 6 months.
  • Use of carbamazepine in the last 6 months.
  • Severe depression (Beck Depression Index II of 29 or more).
  • Diagnosed psychiatric pathology.
  • Rheumatic pathology not medically controlled.
  • Coexisting autoimmune pathology.
  • Chronic inflammatory disease (rheumatoid arthritis, erythematosus systemic lupus, inflammatory bowel disease).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 2 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 27 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04050254

Start Date

September 2 2019

End Date

March 27 2020

Last Update

June 11 2021

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Hospital General Nuestra Señora del Prado

Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain, 45600