Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain - A pilot study

European Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-10

  Rollnik, Jens D ^a   Wüstefeld, Stefanie ^a   Däuper, Jan ^a   Karst, Matthias ^a   Fink, Matthias ^a   Kossev, Andon ^b   Dengler, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chronic pain, treatment; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; rTMS treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0036052459     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064950     Document Type: Article

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