May 30, 2024 / Depression treatment, Fibromyalgia, Pain treatment, Research on other conditions

Effects and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation on multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review of randomized clinical trials

Kang et. al, 2024. Molecular Psychiatry.

• We identified 15 meta-analyses of RCTs (AMSTAR 2; high 3, moderate 3, and low 9) that included 282 original articles, covering 22 unique health endpoints across 22 countries and six continents.
• We found varied levels of evidence for the effects of tDCS with multiple neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions, from very low to high certainty of evidence.
• tDCS was effective for people with stroke, obsessive-compulsive disorder, fibromyalgia, disease of consciousness, schizophrenia, migraine, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, cerebellar ataxia, and pain.
• These findings suggest the benefit of tDCS for several neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders; however, further studies are needed to understand the underlying mechanism and optimize its therapeutic potential.

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