Oliveira, Ângelo Giuseppe Roncalli da CostaSouza, Clecio Gabriel de2019-01-172019-01-172018-08-09SOUZA, Clecio Gabriel de. Efeitos da estimulação transcraniana por corrente contínua sobre a dor e capacidade funcional em mulheres acometidas por chukungunya: um ensaio clínico randomizado. 2018. 55f. Tese (Doutorado em Saúde Coletiva) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2018.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/26523Chikungunya is a condition that has reached thousands of Brazilians, with alarming numbers of serious and incapacitating cases throughout the country. It is transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito and causes acute onset fever, joint and muscle pain. The persistence of symptoms of continuous and disabling joint pain has been considered a strong concern for public health, due to the functional and labor compromise that has caused the population. There is still no specific treatment for cases of chronic pain caused by Chikungunya and the mechanisms responsible for chronic pain can be involved with central mechanisms of pain control. Neuromodulation techniques could act on these effects and among them there is Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS), which is a technique of applying currents of low intensity on the scalp in order to modulate the excitability of cortical areas involved in the processing of chronic pain and has been shown to be efficient in the treatment of these cases. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of TDCS on chronic pain and functional capacity in women affected by Chikungunya. A randomized clinical trial, consisting of women aged 28 to 70 years, divided into two experimental groups (GTDCS) and placebo (GSHAM) was performed. The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants were evaluated, as well as the level of functional capacity and pain symptomatology before and after being submitted to six sessions of TDCS on non-consecutive days. A total of 59 women participated in the study, with a mean age of 52.85 ± 10.76 years and the time of disease involvement presented a mean of 21.54 ± 3.53 months. It can be concluded from this study that the ETCC was effective for the reduction of chronic pain from individuals affected by Chikungunya (p <0.007) in the short term, but it was not able to change the functional capacity and interference of the pains in their day- to-day. It is suggested that other studies of this nature may contemplate a greater time of monitoring the behavior of chronic pain in this public and associate CTEF with other therapeutic resources to observe its isolated and combined effects.Acesso AbertoChikungunyaDor crônicaFisioterapiaEstimulação transcraniana por corrente continuadoctoralThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA