Preoperative transcranial direct current stimulation: Exploration of a novel strategy to enhance neuroplasticity before surgery to control postoperative pain. A randomized sham-controlled study

• Hugo Ribeiro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Surgery Department, Hospital Independência, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Ricardo Bertol Sesterhenn,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Surgery Department, Hospital Independência, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Andressa de Souza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Ana Claudia de Souza,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Monique Alves,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Surgery Department, Hospital Independência, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Jessica Catarina Machado,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Health and Human Development, La Salle University Center, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Nathalia Bofill Burger,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Surgery Department, Hospital Independência, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Pharmacology Department, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Luciana Cadore Stefani,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Surgery Department, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Felipe Fregni,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Center of Neuromodulation & Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Wolnei Caumo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wcaumo@hcpa.edu.br

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Center, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Surgery Department, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Pain and Palliative Care Service, Laboratory of Pain & Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5083-4658

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