Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with aerobic exercise to optimize analgesic responses in fibromyalgia: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAR2016, 2016, Pages

  Mendonca, Mariana E ^a   Simis, Marcel ^a   Grecco, Luanda C ^b,c   Battistella, Linamara R ^a   Baptista, Abrahao F ^d   Fregni, Felipe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgical Center (CENEPE)   (Brazil)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Combined therapy; Fibromyalgia; Motor cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; EFFECT SIZE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN REDNESS; SKULL PAIN; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL NUMERIC SCALE;

EID: 84961736685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00068     Document Type: Article

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