Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct-current stimulation in neuropathic pain due to radiculopathy: A randomized sham-controlled comparative study

Pain

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1224-1231

  Attal, Nadine ^a,b,c   Ayache, Samar S ^d,e   Ciampi De Andrade, Daniel ^a,b,f   Mhalla, Alaa ^a,b,d,e   Baudic, Sophie ^a,b   Jazat, Frédérique ^a,b   Ahdab, Rechdi ^d,e   Neves, Danusa O ^d,e   Sorel, Marc ^e   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^d,e   Bouhassira, Didier ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM U 987   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; Noninvasive brain stimulation; NPSI; Radiculopathy, Thermal threshold; rTMS; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; NEURALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURALGIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RADICULOPATHY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971268802     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000510     Document Type: Article

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