The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with neuropathic pain from spinal cord injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 382-390

  Ngernyam, Niran ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^c   Arayawichanon, Preeda ^a   Auvichayapat, Narong ^a   Tiamkao, Somsak ^a   Janjarasjitt, Suparerk ^b   Punjaruk, Wiyada ^a   Amatachaya, Anuwat ^a   Aree uea, Benchaporn ^a   Auvichayapat, Paradee ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; Electroencephalogram; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord injury; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN DURATION; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PEAK THETA ALPHA FREQUENCY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; AGED; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURALGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921548521     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.034     Document Type: Article

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