Pain Sensitivity of Subjects With Fibromyalgia Before and After Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment

This is an interventional other trial for Fibromyalgia focused on measuring rTMS, fibromyalgia, experimental pain Read More

• Inclusion Criteria:

presence of the criteria from the American College of Rheumatology (2010)for fibromyalgia diagnosis, painful state for more than six months, visual analogic scale evaluation > or = 5, age between 18 and 70, no modification in therapeutic treatment one month before and during the protocol presence of actual or prior antalgic chronic treatment : pregabalin, duloxetine, milnacipran, gabapentin, venlafaxine, laroxyl, grade 1 or 2 antalgic residence in Limoges or the periphery, or the ability to come to the hospital for the treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

presence of non stabilized psychiatric comorbidity (personality trouble, addiction, suicide attempt, non controlled affective trouble), active epilepsy, previous cerebral traumatism, or cerebral surgery, intra-cranial hyper tension, pacemaker, metallic pieces in the brain, cochlear ocular implant, or any metallic material contra indicating magnetic resonance imaging.

clozapine, bupropion, methadon, theophyllin, or other non chemical antalgic technic established during the previous month(kinesitherapy, relaxation, hypnosis...), pregnancy, or administrative and judiciary protection, absence of health insurance.

known latex allergy, peripheral neuropathy, nerve lesion or dermatosis at the upper extremities, muscular lesion or pathology at the upper members, use of illicit drugs 48 hours before experimental pain test, use of antalgic or analgesic drug aiming at a punctual treatment during the prior 24 hours.