Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Chronic Daily Headaches: An Experimental Single Case Report with a Novel Protocol.

IF 0.6 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Case Reports in Neurology Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1159/000527021

Mohammad Dawood Rahimi, Hedieh Zargani, Karim Nikkhah

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Chronic daily headaches are often refractory to prescribed or non-prescribed medications. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a new technological-based intervention with various modes of applicability. Therefore, we aimed to study the effectiveness of tDCS in an individual with symptoms of chronic daily headaches and the associated comorbidities like depression, anxiety, stress, and RLS or sleepiness, numbness, a sensation of fullness, or ringing in the ears. Based on DASS-21 and Epworth questionnaires, headache diary, and semi-structured interviews, we used repeated measures for assessing the symptoms such as frequency, duration, intensity, or severity of chronic daily headaches and associated comorbidities at baseline, after tDCS-intervention, and at a 12-month follow-up. The results showed that tDCS-intervention reduced the frequency, duration, intensity, or severity of chronic daily headaches and associated symptoms after tDCS-intervention and at a 12-month follow-up.

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经颅直流电刺激治疗慢性日常头痛的有效性:一项新方案的单例实验报告。

慢性每日头痛通常对处方或非处方药物难以治愈。经颅直流电刺激(tDCS)是一种基于新技术的治疗手段，具有多种适用模式。因此，我们的目的是研究tDCS在患有慢性每日头痛症状和相关合并症(如抑郁、焦虑、压力、RLS或嗜睡、麻木、饱腹感或耳鸣)的个体中的有效性。基于DASS-21和Epworth问卷、头痛日记和半结构化访谈，我们在基线、tdcs干预后和12个月的随访中使用了重复测量方法来评估慢性每日头痛和相关合并症的症状，如频率、持续时间、强度或严重程度。结果显示，在tdcs干预后和12个月的随访中，tdcs干预降低了慢性每日头痛和相关症状的频率、持续时间、强度或严重程度。

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Case Reports in Neurology Medicine-Neurology (clinical)

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