Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation, associated with manual vagus nerve therapy, on pain in women with fibromyalgia: study protocol for a double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial
Torres AA, Cordeiro BNL, Myiamoto ST, Gava PL, Pestana ABC, Valim V, de Oliveira Gomes GP, Vidal PR, Kuster E, da Silva Rocha JV, et al.
Trials · 2025
Key finding
This study will examine the immediate and late effects of tDCS associated with MT on the VN pathway in pain in women with FM.
- Condition
- Pain
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- —
Cite this study
Torres, A. A., Cordeiro, B. N. L., Myiamoto, S. T., Gava, P. L., Pestana, A. B. C., Valim, V., de Oliveira Gomes, G. P., Vidal, P. R., Kuster, E., da Silva Rocha, J. V., & da Silva Arêas, F. Z. (2025). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation, associated with manual vagus nerve therapy, on pain in women with fibromyalgia: study protocol for a double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Trials, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09150-9
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