Focal electrical stimulation as an effective sham control for active rTMS and biofeedback treatments

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Sheffer, Christine E ^a,f   Mennemeier, Mark S ^b   Landes, Reid D ^b   Dornhoffer, John ^b   Kimbrell, Timothy ^b,c   Bickel, Warren K ^d   Brackman, Sharon ^a   Chelette, Kenneth C ^e   Brown, Ginger ^b   Vuong, Mai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinded study designs; rTMS; Sham control techniques; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882244224     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-013-9221-x     Document Type: Article

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