Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

Abstract Background Pain is a common symptom in palliative care cancer patients and is often insufficiently relieved. In recent years, transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) of the motor cortex has been shown to be effective to treat chronic pain, essentially neuropathic pain. We propose to...

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Main Authors: Jean-Paul Nguyen, Hélène Gaillard, Alcira Suarez, Élie Terzidis-Mallat, Diane Constant-David, Aurélien Van Langhenhove, Adrien Evin, Catherine Malineau, Son V. O. Tan, Alaa Mhalla, Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, Julien Nizard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
tDCS
Palliative care
Cancer pain
Treatment
Randomized trial
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01129-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01129-0

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