A CASE STUDY ON EFFICACY OF TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION IN MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar.
- Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar.
- Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, PunjabiUniversity, Patiala.
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Objective- To describe the effect of Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) in Management of Migraine. Background- Patient was a forty years old male with complain of migraine headaches since 2011.Patient described them as tight unilateral band present over temple with moderate to severe aversion to light and sound during attack. Method- Patient was treated thrice a week for six weeks.TDCS was applied at an intensity of 2 ma for 20 minutes. Cathode was placed at Cz and anode over Oz according to 10-20 EEG placement. Result- Patient reported a decrease in headache disability index, Headache impact test 6 (HIT6) scores as well as headache duration, frequency and intensity. Conclusion-TDCS can be an effective technique in management of migraine. Abbreviations- TDCS- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, TMS-Transcranial magnetic Stimulation, TES-Transcranial Electrical Stimulation.
[Manoj Malik, Shailendra Kumar Singh and Narkeesh Arumugam. (2016); A CASE STUDY ON EFFICACY OF TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION IN MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Nov). 972-975] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
