Reduction of pain thresholds in fibromyalgia after very low-intensity magnetic stimulation: A double-blinded, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Maestú, Ceferino ^a,b   Blanco, Manuel ^a,c   Nevado, Angel ^b,d   Romero, Julia ^c   Rodríguez Rubio, Patricia ^c   Galindo, Javier ^c   Lorite, Juan Bautista ^c   De Las Morenas, Francisco ^c   Fernández Argüelles, Pedro ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c Hospital QuirónSalud Sagrado Corazón   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesic effect; Fibromyalgia; Low intensity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW INTENSITY TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP QUALITY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPAIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894489568     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/270183     Document Type: Article

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