Transcranial direct current stimulation tested in myositis

21 March 2024

A Brazilian single-center, randomized crossover clinical trial evaluated:

  • in 17 adults with autoimmune necrotizing myopathy or dermatomyositis in remission or minimal activity, chronic algic and asthenic ;
  • the combined effects over 10 days of a daily 30-minute session of physical activity (treadmill walking) and real (2 mA for 20 minutes) or mimed (30 seconds only) transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).

Compared with the “sham” version, tDCS had additional effects on chronic pain and fatigue.

 

Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Pain, Fatigue, and Health Quality of Life of Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Crossover Clinical Trial. Missé RG, Dos Santos AM, Borges IBP et al. Int J Rheumatol. 2024 Feb 1;2024:1583506.

 

Chronic Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Systemic Autoimmune Myopathies, sur https://clinicaltrials.gov, consulted on 11 March 2024.