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| Title |
Effectiveness of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with chronic low back pain: Design, method and protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-12-290 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kerstin Luedtke, Alison Rushton, Christine Wright, Tim P Juergens, Gerd Mueller, Arne May |
| Abstract |
Electrical stimulation of central nervous system areas with surgically implanted stimulators has been shown to result in pain relief. To avoid the risks and side effects of surgery, transcranial direct current stimulation is an option to electrically stimulate the motor cortex through the skull. Previous research has shown that transcranial direct current stimulation relieves pain in patients with fibromyalgia, chronic neuropathic pain and chronic pelvic pain. Evidence indicates that the method is pain free, safe and inexpensive. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 246 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 243 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 40 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 13% |
| Researcher | 29 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 15% |
| Unknown | 60 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 20% |
| Psychology | 43 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 22 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 10% |
| Unknown | 68 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2014.
All research outputs
#8,253,271
of 25,546,214 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,592
of 4,424 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#70,549
of 250,175 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#16
of 39 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,546,214 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,424 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 39 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its contemporaries.