A sham-controlled, phase II trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of central pain in traumatic spinal cord injury

Pain

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 197-209

  Fregni, Felipe ^a   Boggio, Paulo S ^b,c   Lima, Moises C ^b   Ferreira, Merari J L ^c   Wagner, Tim ^a   Rigonatti, Sergio P ^b   Castro, Anita W ^b   Souza, Daniel R ^b   Riberto, Marcelo ^b   Freedman, Steven D ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^e   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain polarization; Central pain; Spinal cord injury; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIRECT CURRENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646019827     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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