Safety and Tolerability of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Status: Completed

Conditions: Best Comfort and Lowest Skin Irritation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01148212

10/2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Testing safety and tolerability of transcranial direct current stimulation (2 mA, 20 minutes) in four different protocols:

saline-soaked sponges electrode with electrode gel tap-water-soaked sponges tap-water-soaked-sponges + sham stimulation

Outcome measures are tolerability (comfort rating questionnaire), impedances, skin elasticity

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• no neurological or psychiatric illness
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• dermatologic diseases
• medication with corticoids