Optimizing Rehabilitation for Phantom Limb Pain Using Mirror Therapy and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Randomized, Double–Blind Clinical Trial Study Protocol

Camila Bonin Pinto   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Faddi Ghassan Saleh Velez   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Nadia Bolognini   ² , PhD ;   David Crandell   ³ , MD ;   Lotfi B Merabet   ⁴ , OD, MPH, PhD ;   Felipe Fregni   ¹ , MD, PhD, MPH

¹ Laboratory of Neuromodulation & Center for Clinical Research Learning, Physics and Rehabilitation Department, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

² Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCSS Istituto Auxologico Italiano,& Department of Psychology, NeuroMi - Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

³ Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ The Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

*these authors contributed equally