Immediate and Sustained Effects of 5-Day Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Motor Cortex in Phantom Limb Pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 657-665

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Spandri, Viviana ^a,c   Ferraro, Francesco ^d   Salmaggi, Andrea ^c   Molinari, Alessandro C L ^c   Fregni, Felipe ^e   Maravita, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Alessandro Manzoni General Hospital   (Italy)

^d CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

motor cortex; neuroplasticity; Phantom limb pain; phantom movement; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BATTERY POWERED NERVE STIMULATOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHANTOM PAIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84937634278     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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