Efficacy of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the disability due to pain in fibromyalgia: A factorial sham-randomized clinical study

This randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial compared the effectiveness of home-based-(HB) active transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (l-DLPFC) or primary motor cortex (M1) with their respective sham-(s)-tDCS to determine whether a-tDCS would be more effective than s-tDCS in reducing pain and improving disability due to pain. The study included 102 patients with fibromyalgia aged 30 to 65 years old randomly assigned to one of four tDCS groups using a ratio of 2:1:2:1.

Source: The Journal of Pain - September 7, 2023 Category: Materials Science Authors: Wolnei Caumo, Rael Lopes, Paul Vicunha, Camila Fernanda, Liciane Medeiros, Leticia Ramalho, Rafalea Tomeddi, Samara Bruck, Lucas Boher, Paulo R S Sanches, Danton P Silva, Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres, Felipe Fregni Source Type: research