Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left premotor/dorsolateral prefrontal cortex does not have analgesic effect on central poststroke pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1271-1281

  De Oliveira, Rogério Adas Ayres ^a   De Andrade, Daniel Ciampi ^a   Mendonça, Melina ^a   Barros, Rafael ^a   Luvisoto, Tatiana ^a   Myczkowski, Martin Luiz ^a   Marcolin, Marco Antonio ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central pain; central poststroke pain; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL POSTSTROKE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916212356     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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