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October 2, 2025The Korean journal of painOpen Access

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on pain and pain-related outcomes: an umbrella review

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MTMeiram TungushpayevDVDmitriy Viderman

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Overview

Umbrella review examines tDCS efficacy in pain management across various conditions, suggesting potential benefits.

Key Points

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation shows positive analgesic effects across 14 pain-related conditions.
  • Evidence from 41 systematic reviews indicates effective outcomes for fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, and migraines.
  • Assessment using AMSTAR-2 for quality and GRADE for evidence levels found significantly low quality in many reviews.
  • Further high-quality studies are needed to address chronic pain conditions and validate tDCS applications.

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Tungushpayev et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de8eaeaa6cec72c69ea8f1https://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.25019
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