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ArticlePrinciples and practice of clinical research (2015)

The pros and cons of tDCS as a therapeutic tool in the rehabilitation of chronic pain.

J S Ho, E Slawka, K Pacheco-Barrios, A Cardenas-Rojas, L Castelo-Branco, F Fregni

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Article in Principles and practice of clinical research (2015). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. tDCS and neurofeedback in ADHD treatment.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

J S HoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, United States.
E SlawkaNeuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
K Pacheco-BarriosNeuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
A Cardenas-RojasNeuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
L Castelo-BrancoNeuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
F FregniNeuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

Pragmatic Trial of Remote tDCS and Somatosensory Training for Phantom Limb Pain with Machine Learning to Predict Treatment ResponseR01HD082302 · NICHD · SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL · PI Felipe Fregni · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
Optimized tDCS for fibromyalgia: targeting the endogenous pain control systemR01AT009491 · NCCIH · SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL · PI FREGNI, FELIPE · 2018 to 2023
$2.3M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT009491NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD082302
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PMCPMC9531671

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