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ReviewBehavioral and brain functions : BBF2015

Mechanisms and therapeutic applications of electromagnetic therapy in Parkinson's disease.

Maria Vadalà, Annamaria Vallelunga, Lucia Palmieri, Beniamino Palmieri, Julio Cesar Morales-Medina, Tommaso Iannitti

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In one paragraph

Review in Behavioral and brain functions : BBF, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05198076 (The Long Term Efficacy of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Postural Stability in Parkinsonian Patients.), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05198076 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

The Long Term Efficacy of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Postural Stability in Parkinsonian Patients.

TypeinterventionalSponsorCairo UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled40ConditionsParkinson DiseaseArmsHigh Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Maria VadalàDepartment of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Modena, Italy. mary.vadala@gmail.com.
Annamaria VallelungaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. vallelungaannamaria@gmail.com.
Lucia PalmieriDepartment of Nephrology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Modena, Italy. lucia.palmieri@gmail.com.
Beniamino PalmieriDepartment of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School, Surgical Clinic, Modena, Italy. palmieri@unimore.it.
Julio Cesar Morales-MedinaCentro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal, CINVESTAV-Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico. jmoralesm@cinvestav.mx.
Tommaso IannittiDepartment of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. tommaso.iannitti@gmail.com.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · ITAutonomous University of Tlaxcala · MXUniversity of Salerno · ITUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electromagnetic therapy is a non-invasive and safe approach for the management of several pathological conditions including neurodegenerative diseases. Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative pathology caused by abnormal degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta in the midbrain resulting in damage to the basal ganglia. Electromagnetic therapy has been extensively used in the clinical setting in the form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy which can also be used in the domestic setting. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms and therapeutic applications of electromagnetic therapy to alleviate motor and non-motor deficits that characterize Parkinson's disease.

Indexed as

HumansMagnetic Field TherapyParkinson DiseaseRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID26347217
PMCPMC4562205
OpenAlexW1927795028

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