Sham or real-Post hoc estimation of stimulation condition in a randomized transcranial magnetic stimulation trial

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 471, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Herwig, Uwe ^a,b   Cardenas Morales, Lizbeth ^b   Connemann, Bernhard J ^b   Kammer, Thomas ^b   Schönfeldt Lecuona, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Sham condition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SHAM PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749112100     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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