Long-Term Outcomes in Fibromyalgia Patients Treated with Cortical Electrostimulation

Jeffrey Hargrove; Robert M. Bennett; Daniel J. Clauw

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2012.04.006

Long-Term Outcomes in Fibromyalgia Patients Treated with Cortical Electrostimulation

Jeffrey Hargrove, Robert M. Bennett, Daniel J. Clauw

Kettering University

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<p> <strong> Objective </strong> <p id="x-x-x-sp0030"> To evaluate long-term outcomes of a noninvasive cortical stimulation technology in the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM). <h3> Design </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0035"> After trial follow-up survey of subjects who had completed a randomized, controlled, double-blind study of noninvasive cortical <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/stimulation-therapy" title="Learn more about Stimulation Therapy from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages"> stimulation therapy </a> some 45 months previously. <h3> Setting </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0040"> General community. <h3> Participants </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0045"> Patients with FM (N=69) who participated in the previous study, 39 of whom were mailed surveys. <h3> Interventions </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0050"> Not applicable. <h3> Main Outcome Measure </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0055"> Changes in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/fibromyalgia-impact-questionnaire" title="Learn more about Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages"> Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire </a> . <h3> Results </h3> </p> <p> There was a 64% survey return rate. The total Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score was 52.6 at baseline, 35.7 at end of study, and 31.8 at follow-up ( <em> P </em> <h3> Conclusions </h3> <p id="x-x-x-sp0065"> A high percentage of patients with FM treated with noninvasive cortical stimulation continued to experience worthwhile improvement at follow-up. </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p></p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume	93
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2012.04.006
State	Published - Oct 1 2012

Keywords

Fibromyalgia
Pain
Brain
Electric Stimulation
Rehabilitation

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Bioelectrical and Neuroengineering
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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