title: Electromyography data in chronic migraine patients by using neurostimulation with the Cefaly® device.
abstract: The objective of this observational study is to report clinical and instrumental results obtained in 23 chronic migraine sufferers treated with transcutaneous neurostimulation with the Cefaly(®) device. The electrom yography (EMG) parameters of the patients monitored before and during neurostimulation with the Cefaly(®) device showed a significant increase in the EMG amplitude and frequency values in the frontalis, anterior temporalis, auricularis posterior and middle trapezius muscles. The Cefaly(®) device could act on the inhibitory circuit in the spinal cord thus causing a neuromuscular facilitation and may help reduce contraction of frontalis muscles.
authors.affiliation: Dental and Oral Surgery, The University of Milan, Milan, Italy, henri.didier@unimi.it.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Didier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Fiore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tullo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frediani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arlotti
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Giannì
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bussone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004576:Electromyography; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods