The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series

Somatoform pain disorders (SPD) are common, disabling and do not respond well to existing treatment modalities. We investigated the usefulness of 18 sessions of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered at the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in five right-hand...

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Autores principales: Singh, Shubh Mohan, Prakash, Vijay, Choudhary, Swati, Avasthi, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Pain Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30083490
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2729
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author Singh, Shubh Mohan
Prakash, Vijay
Choudhary, Swati
Avasthi, Ajit
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description Somatoform pain disorders (SPD) are common, disabling and do not respond well to existing treatment modalities. We investigated the usefulness of 18 sessions of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered at the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in five right-handed patients with SPD. All patients reported significant improvement in pain relief and activities of daily living. High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered at the left DLPFC may be useful in SPD.
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spelling pubmed-60700532018-08-06 The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series Singh, Shubh Mohan Prakash, Vijay Choudhary, Swati Avasthi, Ajit Cureus Pain Management Somatoform pain disorders (SPD) are common, disabling and do not respond well to existing treatment modalities. We investigated the usefulness of 18 sessions of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered at the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in five right-handed patients with SPD. All patients reported significant improvement in pain relief and activities of daily living. High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered at the left DLPFC may be useful in SPD. Cureus 2018-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6070053/ /pubmed/30083490 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2729 Text en Copyright © 2018, Singh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Singh, Shubh Mohan
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The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series
title The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series
title_full The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series
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title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series
title_short The Effectiveness of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Case Series
title_sort effectiveness of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in persistent somatoform pain disorder: a case series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070053/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2729
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