About the Authors

Álvaro de Oliveira Franco

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Camila Fernanda da Silveira Alves

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Paul Vicuña

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Janete Bandeira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Maria Adelia de Aratanha

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Iraci L. S. Torres

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Translational Nucleus: Pain Pharmacology and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Felipe Fregni

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Physics and Rehabilitation Department, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

Wolnei Caumo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wcaumo@hcpa.edu.br

Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Pain and Palliative Care Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.