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Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Device Development: An Updated Protocol Used at Home in Healthy Subjects and Fibromyalgia Patients
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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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Carvalho, F., Brietzke, A. P., Gasparin, A., dos Santos, F. P., Vercelino, R., Ballester, R. F., Sanches, P. R. S., da Silva Jr, D. P., Torres, I. L. S., Fregni, F., Caumo, W. Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Device Development: An Updated Protocol Used at Home in Healthy Subjects and Fibromyalgia Patients. J. Vis. Exp. (137), e57614, doi:10.3791/57614 (2018).
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