Transcranial direct current stimulation alleviates the pain severity in people suffering from knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Considerable research has shown the benefits of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the alleviation of pain associated with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Still, a large variance in study protocols and observations across publications exists. We here thus completed a systematic review and meta-analysis to comprehensively and quantitatively characterize the effects of tDCS on KOA-related pain. A search strategy based on the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Study design (PICOS) principle was used to obtain the publications in 7 databases. Studies exploring the effects of tDCS on KOA-related pain were screened, and eligible studies were included. Ten studies of 518 participants using Visual Analogue Scale or Numeric Rating Scale to assess pain were included in the

SUBMITTER: Dai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11630987 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature