Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation
Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Sep 2, 2025: “The effects of aquatic therapy combined with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on proprioception and gait speed in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: an eight-week randomized sham-controlled trial”.
1 paper studies it2 findingsUpdated
“Post hoc comparisons indicated that the Aquatic Therapy + Real tDCS group exhibited significantly greater improvements in knee proprioception compared to both the Aquatic Therapy + Sham tDCS and Real tDCS groups”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Human trial1
Studies in people
1 study gave aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation to people and measured what changed.
up: Improves knee proprioception
Randomized trial68 peoplewomenaged 63–68 years8 weeks
Elderly women with knee osteoarthritis
BMC geriatrics, Sep 2, 2025
What did studies of Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation find?
1Studies of Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation measured 1 outcome; the most studied are knee proprioception (1 study).
Knee proprioception
upin humans1
1 study
Knee proprioception
upin humans1
Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation improves knee proprioception in humans.
“The Aquatic Therapy + Real tDCS group showed superior outcomes compared to both the Real tDCS group and the Aquatic Therapy + Sham tDCS group.”
Human trial8 weeksfemalesn = 68
BMC geriatrics
Aquatic therapy + transcranial direct current stimulation improves knee proprioception in humans (p ≤ 0.05).
“Post hoc comparisons indicated that the Aquatic Therapy + Real tDCS group exhibited significantly greater improvements in knee proprioception compared to both the Aquatic Therapy + Sham tDCS and Real tDCS groups”
Human trialknee osteoarthritis8 weeksfemalesn = 68
BMC geriatrics