Transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment for patients with fibromyalgia: A randomized controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-71

  Fagerlund, Asbjørn J ^a,b   Hansen, Odd A ^a   Aslaksen, Per M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOBILE PHONE; MOOD CHANGE; NECK PAIN; NERVE STIMULATOR; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP PAIN; SKIN PAIN; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN TINGLING; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TEXT MESSAGING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942594182     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.0000000000000006     Document Type: Article

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