Pain : brain stimulation in the treatment of pain /

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Recent research suggests that chronic pain affects as many as three percent of the worldwide population and there is evidence that chronic pain patients are twice as likely to commit suicide compared with the healthy population. It should also be remembered that the lifetime prevalence of suicide at...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Knotkova, Helena, Cruciani, Ricardo, Merrick, Joav, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]
Series:Disability Studies.
Subjects:
Chronic pain > Treatment.
Brain stimulation > Therapeutic use.
Analgesia.
Chronic Disease > therapy
Pain Management
Electric Stimulation Therapy > methods
Analgesia
Douleur chronique > Traitement.
Cerveau > Stimulation > Emploi en thérapeutique.
Analgésie.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pain Management.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
Brain stimulation > Therapeutic use
Chronic pain > Treatment
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ricardo A. Cruciani, Helena Knotkova, and Joav Merrick
  • Introduction to electrotherapy technology / Marom Bikson ... [and others]
  • Brain changes related to chronic pain / Herta Flor
  • Brain stimulation for the treatment of pain / Soroush Zaghi, Nikolas Heine, and Felipe Fregni
  • Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain / Morten L. Kringelbach ... [and others]
  • Invasive treatment of chronic neuropathic pain syndromes : epidural stimulation of the motor cortex / Dirk Rasche and Volker M. Tronnier
  • Brain stimulation in the management of postoperative pain / Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Scott Reeves, and Mark S. George
  • Electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable neuropathic deafferentation pain / Youichi Saitoh
  • Principles and mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation / Monica A. Perez and Leonardo G. Cohen
  • Principle and mechanisms of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) / Andrea Antal, Walter Paulus, and Michael A. Nitsche
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation therapy for the management of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / Helena Knotkova ... [and others]
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation approaches to fibromyalgia pain / Baron Short ... [and others]
  • Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in protocols involving human subjects / Arun Sundaram ... [and others].

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