CZY NEUROSTYMULACJA MOŻE SŁUŻYĆ JAKO NARZĘDZIE TERAPEUTYCZNE U PACJENTÓW Z ZABURZENIAMI NEUROKOGNITYWNYMI W PRZEBIEGU LONGCOVID?
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Students’ Scientific Society, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
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Department of Applied and Clinical Physiology, Collegium Medicum University of Zielona
Góra, Poland
Data nadesłania: 18-05-2022
Data ostatniej rewizji: 23-11-2022
Data akceptacji: 24-11-2022
Data publikacji: 26-11-2025
Autor do korespondencji
Bartłomiej J. Czyżniewski
Students’ Scientific Society, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, Zyty 28, 65-046, Zielona Góra, Poland
Issue Rehabil. Orthop. Neurophysiol. Sport Promot. 2022;41(4):45-50
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Introduction:
Brain micropolarization has long been recognized as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of neurological disorders. In both neurological and psychiatric treatment, due to their functionality, noninvasive methods, such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES), and transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), are preferred. The above methods are registered for clinical use worldwide as adjuvant therapy for many neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, brain stroke, vascular dementia, chronic pain, and others.
Although SARS-CoV-2 is considered a respiratory pathogen, it also displays a potent
neurotropism with neuropsychiatric consequences that may occur during the acute phase
of infection or may be delayed even months after COVID-19 illness. People with long COVID
conditions most commonly experience a ‘brain fog’, which is associated with cognitive deficits, concentration and memory disturbances, and headaches. Long-COVID may also include neuropsychiatric disorders such as dyssomnia, dementia, depression, or even psychosis. Neurological lesions have a multifactorial background and may be induced by the direct viral invasion of the neurons and glial cells, an inflammatory response with excessive cytokine reaction, or hypoxic injury due to respiratory impairment.
Recently, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it has been suggested to implement brain
neurostimulation for the treatment of neurological manifestations. However, until now there are only a few studies, including clinical trials, presenting the practical use of this method. Since no authorized strategies and standards for long-COVID treatment are developed, neurostimulation may be considered as a potential therapeutic tool for alleviating neurological symptoms in patients with long-COVID19.
Material and Methods:
To identify relevant papers, we searched PubMed and Wiley Online Library databases using
the following keywords: neurostimulation, long-COVID, brain fog, and neuropsychiatric
symptoms. A literature search was based on the current articles describing neurostimulation
and Long-COVID conditions.
AIM:
This paper aims to present neurostimulation as a potential therapy to alleviate persistent
and chronic neuro-symptoms in patients infected with SARS-CoV2.