Electromyography data in chronic migraine patients by using neurostimulation with the Cefaly® device

• Published in: Neurological sciences Vol. 36; no. Suppl 1; pp. 115 - 119
• Main Authors: Didier, H. A., Di Fiore, P., Marchetti, C., Tullo, V., Frediani, F., Arlotti, M., Giannì, A. B., Bussone, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Chronic Disease; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Migraine Disorders - pathology; Migraine Disorders - therapy; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Neural Conduction - physiology; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; News on Treatment of Primary Headaches and Neurostimulation; Psychiatry; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - instrumentation; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - methods; Young Adult; FR (frontalis muscle); Supraorbital nerve; TA (anterior temporalis muscle); TR (middle trapezius); EMG (electromyography, K7 electromyograph); TNS (neurostimulation); TP (auricularis posterior)
• ISSN: 1590-1874; 1590-3478
• DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2154-9

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.