Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation for chronic pain in the elderly: a pilot study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-237

  Concerto, Carmen ^a   Al Sawah, Mohomad ^b   Chusid, Eileen ^b   Trepal, Michael ^b   Taylor, Gregory ^b   Aguglia, Eugenio ^c   Battaglia, Fortunato ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elderly; Foot pain; Neuromodulation; Pain medication; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MOOD CHANGE; AGED; ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTERY POWERED NERVE STIMULATOR; BURNING SENSATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISCOMFORT; ELECTRODE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT FUNCTION INDEX; FOOT PAIN; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOM SCALE 20; PAIN INTENSITY; PILOT STUDY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRURITUS; SOMNOLENCE; TINGLING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TROUBLE CONCENTRATING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL PERCEPTUAL CHANGE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961214616     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0409-1     Document Type: Article

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