This trial is enrolling 30 individuals with spinal cord injury who have persistent neuropathic pain to test the effect of bodily illusions combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on pain symptoms and sensory functions. Bodily illusion, or body representation, is a technique using visual cues to relocate sensation. For example, watching a rubber hand being stroked while one's own unseen hand is synchronously stroked induces the rubber hand to 'feel' touch that the eyes see. tDCS is a non-invasive technique that uses electrical stimulation of the brain delivered by surface electrodes attached to the scalp. If included, participants will undergo 2-4 weeks of the combined intervention for a total of 10 sessions. Final pain assessment will be performed after 4 weeks.
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- Participants will undergo 10 interventions over 2-4 weeks of a combined intervention including transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and bodily illusions. - They can perform this everyday or for a minimum of 2-3 times per week over 4 weeks. - Two types of illusions will be used for 15 min each, the rubber hand illusion and the walking illusion to target upper and lower limbs. - Final pain assessments will be performed after 4 weeks.
Main benefits
Pain
Additional benefits
General health
Good to know: Potential benefits are defined as outcomes that are being measured during and/or after the trial.
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