Motor and parietal cortex stimulation for phantom limb pain and sensations

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1274-1280

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Olgiati, Elena ^a   Maravita, Angelo ^a   Ferraro, Francesco ^c   Fregni, Felipe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Maladaptive plasticity; Phantom limb; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PHANTOM PAIN; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84879782958     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.03.040     Document Type: Article

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