SynthesisJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2019
Strategies to implement and monitor in-home transcranial electrical stimulation in neurological and psychiatric patient populations: a systematic review.
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- QEEG-Guided rTMS in Pediatric ASD with Contextual Evidence on Home-Based tDCS: Within-Cohort Reanalysis and Narrative Contextualization.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- An Educational Program for Remote Training and Supervision of Home-Based Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2024Article
- Transcranial direct current stimulation as treatment for major depression in a home treatment setting (HomeDC trial): study protocol and methodology of a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Technologies in Home-Based Digital Rehabilitation: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2023Article
- Home-administered transcranial direct current stimulation with asynchronous remote supervision in the treatment of depression: feasibility, tolerability, and clinical effectiveness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Neuromodulation and Eating Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Personalised, image-guided, noninvasive brain stimulation in gliomas: Rationale, challenges and opportunities.EBioMedicine · 2021Review
- Considerations for Pairing Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation: Ignore at Your Own Risk.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Safety and Feasibility of Tele-Supervised Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and motor imagery for phantom limb pain using statistical learning to predict treatment response: an open-label study protocol.Principles and practice of clinical research (2015) · 2021Article
- Applications of Non-invasive Neuromodulation for the Management of Disorders Related to COVID-19.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundTranscranial electrical stimulation is a promising technique to facilitate behavioural improvements in neurological and psychiatric populations. Recently there has been interest in remote delivery of stimulation within a participant's home.
objectiveThe purpose of this review is to identify strategies employed to implement and monitor in-home stimulation and identify whether these approaches are associated with protocol adherence, adverse events and patient perspectives.
methodsMEDLINE, Embase Classic + Embase, Emcare and PsycINFO databases and clinical trial registries were searched to identify studies which reported primary data for any type of transcranial electrical stimulation applied as a home-based treatment.
resultsNineteen published studies from unique trials and ten on-going trials were included. For published data, internal validity was assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool with most studies exhibiting a high level of bias possibly reflecting the preliminary nature of current work. Several different strategies were employed to prepare the participant, deliver and monitor the in-home transcranial electrical stimulation. The use of real time videoconferencing to monitor in-home transcranial electrical stimulation appeared to be associated with higher levels of compliance with the stimulation protocol and greater participant satisfaction. There were no severe adverse events associated with in-home stimulation.
conclusionsDelivery of transcranial electrical stimulation within a person's home offers many potential benefits and appears acceptable and safe provided appropriate preparation and monitoring is provided. Future in-home transcranial electrical stimulation studies should use real-time videoconferencing as one of the approaches to facilitate delivery of this potentially beneficial treatment.
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