Transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tCDS) after subacromial injections in patients with subacromial pain syndrome: a randomized controlled pilot study

Table 1 Study participants schedule

Timepoint	Treatment/Procedure	Outcomes assessed
First assessment	Project start Beginning of home exercises (all patients)	Demographic questionnaire Baecke physical activity index WORC (baseline) QuickDASH (baseline)
Pre-injection week	Daily home exercises	Accelerometer data collection Daily pain VAS Daily activity VAS Daily SANE
Injection visit	Subacromial corticosteroid injection (all patients)	WORC (pre-injection) QuickDASH (pre-injection) Physical examination (pre-injection) Accelerometer data uploaded into computer
Post-injection weeks 1 and 2	Daily home exercises	Accelerometer data collection Daily pain VAS Daily activity VAS Daily SANE
tDCS visit	Patients randomized: - r-tDCS - s-tDCS - No intervention (control)	WORC (pre-treatment) QuickDASH (pre-treatment) Physical examination (pre-treatment) Accelerometer data uploaded into computer
Post-injection weeks 3 and 4	Daily home exercises	Accelerometer data collection Daily pain VAS Daily activity VAS Daily SANE
Final visit		WORC QuickDASH` Physical examination Accelerometer data uploaded into computer

Table 1 shows the distribution of the different assessments and treatment of the study
Abbreviations: tDCS transcranial direct current stimulation, r-tDCS real tDCS, s-tDCS sham tDCS, VAS visual analog scale, SANE single assessment numeric evaluation, WORC Western Ontario rotator cuff index

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