Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0277
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2167-0277
+44 1478 350008
Department of Bioelectromagnetism, Biomedical Technology Centre, Polytechnic University of Madrid (Madrid), Spain
Research Article
Treatment with Very Low Intensity Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in
Patients with Fibromyalgia: Effects on Sleep Quality
Author(s): Jose María Gomez Arguelles*, Blanca Travesà Bugallo, Marcos Moreno-Zazo and Ceferino Maestu Unturbe
The relationship between poor sleep quality and fibromyalgia is bidirectional; both processes constantly feed into each other. A treatment that improves both processes could be very useful. This study investigates the effectiveness of applying a very lowfield transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment on patients with fibromyalgia, and to know what changes are produced in the quality of sleep of the patients, compared to two control groups. Methods: a total of 27 patients with fibromyalgia were recruited, all of them adult women. The treatment of magnetic stimulation was applied to them, 4 or 6 weekly sessions, and the results were compared against a group of 52 patients with fibromyalgia to whom no treatment was applied, along with another group of 52 women with the same bio demographic characteristics, but without any pathology. The results were compared in terms of pain improvemen.. View More»