Effects of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 436-442

  Mori, Francesco ^a   Codecà, Claudia ^a   Kusayanagi, Hajime ^a   Monteleone, Fabrizia ^a   Buttari, Fabio ^a   Fiore, Stefania ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Centonze, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

multiple sclerosis; pain; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951621773     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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