Can we improve pain and sleep in elderly individuals with transcranial direct current stimulation? – Results from a randomized controlled pilot study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 937-947

  Harvey, Marie Philippe ^a,b   Lorrain, Dominique ^a,c   Martel, Marylie ^a,b   Bergeron Vezina, Kayla ^a   Houde, Francis ^a,b   Séguin, Mario ^a,b   Léonard, Guillaume ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Aging; Elderly; Pain; Sleep; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEVOTHYROXINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREGABALIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 85020407979     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S133423     Document Type: Article

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