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Chapter 5 - Software Reference Manual
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Study mode (optional)
The study mode was designed to facilitate the performance of double-blind comparative
studies on the effectiveness of transcranial electric stimulation. 200 5-digit codes are
available in the manual which are used to switch between “normal” and “sham” stimulation in
double-blind conditions.
In study mode the user can select the settings (B, C or D) but he cannot make any
modifications to the parameters of the settings in order to prevent accidental changes of the
parameters in the course of a study.
At the beginning of a clinical trial the supervisor can save setting B, C and D according to his
needs (in normal operation mode). Furthermore a code list consisting of some codes for
normal and pseudo stimulation must be prepared. The code list can be executed by staff.
Only the supervisor has information on which code belongs to normal or pseudo stimulation.
We recommend to keep a record each code used, the patient data, time of
stimulation, result of stimulation etc. This facilitates the analysis of the data.
Codes for sham stimulation
18739 25829 32965 47315 20067 07350 29051 30589 00961 43519
47452 18457 17158 46430 51370 64628 31020 59167 29560 52724
54320 10896 25815 34128 47062 37302 30199 29183 05750 29064
24005 19826 55826 49773 62243 36565 00932 39071 53490 64034
14542 46116 34213 61138 46750 14944 29467 11285 63492 23312
03214 49501 58642 18753 16462 61127 08584 61657 45996 55553
13714 29824 05313 55779 36834 20925 24569 56871 24390 04829
13096 03243 37139 07990 34217 07671 50457 24579 53961 03056
39184 62203 18926 58250 06657 04280 15355 61151 04137 17315
65505 13892 32663 19037 44089 62782 50236 43655 08581 06252