BACKGROUND Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases(SARDs)are a group of diseases with multiorgan involvement and a high prevalence of chronic pain and *** with SARDs and post-coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)syndrome ...
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BACKGROUND Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases(SARDs)are a group of diseases with multiorgan involvement and a high prevalence of chronic pain and *** with SARDs and post-coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)syndrome experience aggravation of *** this context,it is essential to establish strategies to reduce chronic pain and fatigue and improve quality of *** To assess the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS)for the treatment of fatigue and pain-associated post-COVID-19 syndrome in patients with *** This study included nine patients with different types of *** patients had reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)test confirmed COVID-19 as well as significant,persistent fatigue and pain that began to worsen after *** tDCS was administered in five daily sessions(2mA,20 min).Concomitantly,patients were involved in aerobic exercise *** participants were evaluated using specific questionnaires and strength assessment by handgrip and physical function by timed-up-and-go test and sit-to-stand test at baseline(within one week before tDCS protocol),and one week after tDCS *** all procedures,the patients’treatments remained *** The sample comprised eight women and one man with a mean age of 48.7±9.6 *** the tDCS protocol,pain and fatigue significantly improved on the visual analog scale(P<0.05).The physical function also improved 9.5±2.7 vs 6.8±0.8(P=0.001)for timed-up-go-test and 10.3±3.7 vs 15.1±4.0(P=0.037)for sit-to-stand *** of the patients experienced any adverse *** The present study showed that tDCS in combination with aerobic exercise was effective in improving physical function,and reducing fatigue/pain in SARDs patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.
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