EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia

GJ Macfarlane, C Kronisch, LE Dean… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objective The original European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for
managing fibromyalgia assessed evidence up to 2005. The paucity of studies meant that …

An overview of treatment approaches for chronic pain management

N Hylands-White, RV Duarte, JH Raphael - Rheumatology international, 2017 - Springer
Pain which persists after healing is expected to have taken place, or which exists in the
absence of tissue damage, is termed chronic pain. By definition chronic pain cannot be …

Therapeutic effects of non-invasive brain stimulation with direct currents (tDCS) in neuropsychiatric diseases

MF Kuo, W Paulus, MA Nitsche - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Neuroplasticity, which is the dynamic structural and functional reorganization of central
nervous system connectivity due to environmental and internal demands, is recognized as a …

Non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques for chronic pain

NE O'Connell, L Marston, S Spencer… - Cochrane database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background This is an updated version of the original Cochrane Review published in 2010,
Issue 9, and last updated in 2014, Issue 4. Non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques aim to …

[HTML][HTML] High-frequency rTMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on chronic and provoked pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Che, RFH Cash, X Luo, H Luo, X Lu, F Xu, YF Zang… - Brain stimulation, 2021 - Elsevier
Background High-frequency rTMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has
demonstrated mixed effects on chronic and provoked pain. Objectives/Methods In this study …

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

ME Mendonca, M Simis, LC Grecco… - Frontiers in human …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that is associated with maladaptive plasticity in
neural central circuits. One of the neural circuits that are involved in pain in fibromyalgia is …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: guidelines for pain treatment research

MM Klein, R Treister, T Raij, A Pascual-Leone, L Park… - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Recognizing that electrically stimulating the motor cortex could relieve chronic pain sparked
development of noninvasive technologies. In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) …

Neuromodulatory treatments for chronic pain: efficacy and mechanisms

MP Jensen, MA Day, J Miró - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2014 - nature.com
Chronic pain is common, and the available treatments do not provide adequate relief for
most patients. Neuromodulatory interventions that modify brain processes underlying the …

[PDF][PDF] Effiectiveness and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CE Zhu, B Yu, W Zhang… - Journal of …, 2017 - medicaljournalssweden.se
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation
for fibro-myalgia. Methods: Databases, conference records and registered trials were …

A systematic overview of reviews for complementary and alternative therapies in the treatment of the fibromyalgia syndrome

R Lauche, H Cramer, W Häuser… - Evidence‐Based …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. This systematic overview of reviews aimed to summarize evidence and
methodological quality from systematic reviews of complementary and alternative medicine …