Lateralidade da dor pós eletroestimulação transcraniana por corrente continua em pacientes com fibromialgia

• Autor(a) principal: Matias, Monayane Grazielly Leite
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/35874
• topic: Fibromialgia, Dor crônica, Estimulação transcraniana por corrente continua.; Fibromyalgia, Chronic pain, Transcranial current stimulation.

Introduction: Fibromyalgia is a chronic, diffuse and generalized painful disease, in addition to presenting associated symptoms. Transcranial direct currente stimulation (TDCS) is a non pharmacological therapeutic method that improves the painful condition of fibromyalgia through a modulation of the cerebral cortex applied in the M1 area. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial was carried out in 24 patients in two intervention groups: TDCS and TDCS SHAM, performed anthropometric and sociodemographic data, besides the application of questionnaires and the collection of the pain thresholds of Fibromyalgia with the algometer. Results: The TDCS improved the pain threshold in 3 points in the right hemisphere and 4 points in the left hemisphere. However, there was no difference in the analysis after the application of 5 days of TDCS when comparing the two hemodies. Clinically, pain improvement occurs equally in the 2 hemiforms in the active group. Conclusion: There was no statistical difference between the two hemiforms after the intervention in the left primary motor area (M1).