Combining HD-tDCS with music stimulation for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: Study protocol for an RCT trial.
Jie Yan, Fubing Zha, Juan Zhou, Jing Zhou, Jingpu Zhao, Qingfang Zhang, Jianjun Long, Dianrui Hou, Zhenhua Song, Yulong Wang
PMID 38457160WHAT IT FOUND
No patients have been treated and no outcomes are reported.
This protocol cannot change practice yet.
What this paper is
This is a study protocol for a planned randomized trial of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation with or without music in prolonged disorders of consciousness. It describes eligibility, allocation, intervention details and outcomes, but no patients have been treated and no results are reported, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this protocol as evidence that HD-tDCS or music improves consciousness. No patients have been treated and no outcomes are reported.