I work in a neurorehabilitation center and I am interested in incorporating tDCS for patients with disorders of consciousness, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative diseases...
I would like to know what is the maximum recommended number of sessions (number of days/weeks/months) and if there is any colleague who has a protocolized number of sessions.
I have seen many articles but they are very heterogeneous so I would like to know the opinion of experts. In fact I even read a case report of a patient with disorders of consciousness treated for 6 months.
I would also like to know if once stimulation has been applied how long the «rest period» would a patient have before resuming electrostimulation.
Thanks in advance.
tDCS is considered newer to rTMS which in turn is still in its infancy as regards studies with plenty of protocols and suggested sessions and this apply also for tDCS ..
I suggest that you read this comprehensive article about tDCS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702643/
As for myself I used to apply tDCS for nearly 5 rounds each for 10 every other day session for a patient that suffered post stroke aphasia and we agreed since that tDCS in general is safe then we shall keep receiving the sessions until she reaches a plateau with no further improvement and this was reached after the 50th session, of course this is a personal experience not to be generalized so again I recommend you the above link for better conclusions regarding tDCS.
best of luck
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