Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Device Development: An Updated Protocol Used at Home in Healthy Subjects and Fibromyalgia Patients

DOI :

10.3791/57614-v

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11:26 min

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July 14th, 2018

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15,486 Views

Fabiana Carvalho^1,2, Aline Patrícia Brietzke^1,2, Assunta Gasparin^1,2, Franciele Pereira dos Santos^2,3, Rafael Vercelino⁴, Rafael Firmino Ballester^2,3, Paulo Roberto Stefani Sanches⁵, Danton Pereira da Silva Jr⁵, Iraci L. S. Torres^1,6, Felipe Fregni^7,8, Wolnei Caumo^1,2,9,10

¹Post-Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), ²Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), ³School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), ⁴Faculdade de Desenvolvimento do Rio Grande do Sul (FADERGS), Health and Wellness School Laureate International Universities, ⁵Biomedical Engineering Department, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), ⁶Pharmacology Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), ⁷Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, ⁸Spaulding Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, ⁹Pain and Palliative Care Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), ¹⁰Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

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This study provides an updated home-based tDCS protocol that enables subjects to receive the beneficial effects of tDCS at home with an easy to use device with settings to control the use and dosage, enhancing the feasibility for long-term use at home.

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