SynthesisThe journal of headache and pain2017
The efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation on migraine: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails.
Synthesis in The journal of headache and pain, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03568617 (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Prevention Treatment of Chronic Migraine), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Prevention Treatment of Chronic Migraine: a Single Arm Study
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of neuromodulation techniques for migraine prophylaxis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Non-invasive neuromodulation in the acute treatment of migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on chronic migraine: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Neuromodulation techniques for acute and preventive migraine treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Pooled it
- Trial
- Temporal Changes in Affective Symptoms, Headache Burden, and Quality of Life Following rTMS Treatment in Migraine: A Longitudinal Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Heart's Electromagnetic Field in Emotions, Empathy and Human Connection: Biosensor-Derived Insights into Heart-Brain Axis Mechanisms and a Basis for Novel BioMagnetoTherapies.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Clinical development and guiding theory of transcranial magnetic stimulation: a literature review.Annals of medicine · 2025Review
- The Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Migraine: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Real-time computation of brain E-field for enhanced transcranial magnetic stimulation neuronavigation and optimization.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Water and brain function: effects of hydration status on neurostimulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- Article
- Revolutionizing migraine management: advances and challenges in CGRP-targeted therapies and their clinical implications.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Migraine: Advances in the Pathogenesis and Treatment.Neurology international · 2023Review
- Non-invasive brain stimulation treatments for migraine prophylaxis: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Poststroke rehabilitation using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation during pregnancy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Fast computational E-field dosimetry for transcranial magnetic stimulation using adaptive cross approximation and auxiliary dipole method (ACA-ADM).NeuroImage · 2023Article
- Revisiting Migraine: The Evolving Pathophysiology and the Expanding Management Armamentarium.Cureus · 2023Review
- Evaluating migraine with typical aura with neuroimaging.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesAs a non-invasive therapy, whether transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is effective on migraine. This article was aimed to assess the efficacy of TMS on migraine based on randomized controlled trails (RCTs).
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library electronic databases for published studies which compared TMS group with sham group, conducted a meta-analysis of all RCTs.
resultsFive studies, consisting of 313 migraine patients, were identified. Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation is effective for the acute treatment of migraine with aura after the first attack (p = 0.02). And, the efficacy of TMS on chronic migraine was not significant (OR 2.93; 95% CI 0.71-12.15; p = 0.14).
conclusionsTMS is effective for migraine based on the studies included in the article.
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