Utility of Multisensory Body-Representation in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) With Pain

About this trial

This trial is enrolling 30 individuals with spinal cord injury who have persistent neuropathic pain to test the effect of bodily illusions combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on pain symptoms and sensory functions. Bodily illusion, or body representation, is a technique using visual cues to relocate sensation. For example, watching a rubber hand being stroked while one's own unseen hand is synchronously stroked induces the rubber hand to 'feel' touch that the eyes see. tDCS is a non-invasive technique that uses electrical stimulation of the brain delivered by surface electrodes attached to the scalp. If included, participants will undergo 2-4 weeks of the combined intervention for a total of 10 sessions. Final pain assessment will be performed after 4 weeks.