A randomized controlled trial of 5 daily sessions and continuous trial of 4 weekly sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for neuropathic pain

Hosomi, Koichi; Sugiyama, Kenji; Nakamura, Yusaku; Shimokawa, Toshio; Oshino, Satoru; Goto, Yuko; Mano, Tomoo; Shimizu, Takeshi; Yanagisawa, Takufumi; Saitoh, Youichi; the TEN-P11-01 investigators, for

doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001712

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A randomized controlled trial of 5 daily sessions and continuous trial of 4 weekly sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for neuropathic pain

Published in Pain • Oct 7, 2019

Authors:

Koichi Hosomi

Kenji Sugiyama

Yusaku Nakamura

Abstract

We conducted a multicenter, randomized, patient- and assessor-blinded, sham-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) in patients with neuropathic pain (NP). Patients were randomly assigned to receive 5 daily ...

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Medicine

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

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