No Effect of a Single Session of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Experimentally Induced Pain in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain - An Exploratory Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Luedtke, Kerstin ^a   May, Arne ^a   Jürgens, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACECLOFENAC; AMITRIPTYLINE; ETORICOXIB; FLUPIRTINE; MIRTAZAPINE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRICAL PAIN; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMAL PAIN; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870015424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048857     Document Type: Article

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