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Females with Fibromyalgia Improved Pain & Quality of Life After 4 weeks of Neuro-Electrostimulation

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January 2021

Females with Fibromyalgia Improved Pain & Quality of Life After 4 weeks of Neuro-Electrostimulation

Vol: 10| Issue: 1| Number:23| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effects of neuro-adaptive electrostimulation therapy on pain and disability in fibromyalgia: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study

Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Dec 18;99(51):e23785.

Contributing Authors:
C Udina-Cortés J Fernández-Carnero AA Romano JN Cuenca-Zaldívar JH Villafañe J Castro-Marrero IM Alguacil-Diego

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Forty-two female patients with fibromyalgia were randomized to receive 4 weeks of neuro-adaptive electrostimulation (n=23) or sham (n=19) treatments. The outcomes of interest included pain on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), pain pressure threshold, temporal summation, and conditioned pain modulation of the thumb and trapezius muscle. As well, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Short-Form 36...

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