Ming Cheng, Xianwei Che, Yang Ye, Changlin He, Liang Yu, Yating Lv, Paul B Fitzgerald, Robin F H Cash, Bernadette M Fitzgibbon
OBJECTIVE: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may be a relevant method to assist postoperative pain. However, studies to date have only used conventional 10 Hz rTMS and targeted the DLPFC for postoperative pain. A more recent form of rTMS, termed intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS), enables to increase cortical excitability in a short period of time. This preliminary double-blind, randomised, sham controlled study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of iTBS in postoperative care across two distinct stimulation targets...
March 9, 2023: Clinical Neurophysiology: Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology