Trial reportThe journal of spinal cord medicine2025
Comparison of intermittent theta burst stimulation and high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain: A sham-controlled study.
Trial report in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07650526 (A Double-blind, Randomized, Sham-controlled Crossover Trial Comparing the Analgesic Effects of Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Double-blind, Randomized, Sham-controlled Crossover Trial Comparing the Analgesic Effects of Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (aiTBS) and Classical High-frequency rTMS Targeting the Motor Cortex in Chronic Neuropathic Pain, and Prediction of Response.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of neuromodulation and rehabilitation approaches on pain relief in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- The effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation on central poststroke pain: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Medicine · 2026Trial
- Comparative Efficacy of Invasive and Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Techniques for Chronic Central and Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Progress in treatment of pathological neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) and high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain with sham controls, using neuropathic pain-specific evaluation tools.
designA randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.
settingRehabilitation medicine department of a university hospital.
participantsThirty-three patients with spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain.
interventionsPatients were randomly allocated to one of three groups (real iTBS, real rTMS, and sham rTMS). Each patient underwent five sessions of assigned stimulation. OUTCOME MEASURES: Before and after completion of the five sessions, patients were evaluated using the self-completed Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs, Numeric Rating Scale, Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory, and Neuropathic Pain Scale.
resultsReal iTBS and real rTMS reduced pain levels after stimulation according to all the evaluation tools, and the changes were significant when compared to the values of the sham rTMS group. No significant differences were found between the real iTBS and real rTMS groups.
conclusionBoth iTBS and rTMS were effective in reducing spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain. When safety, convenience, and compliance are considered, iTBS would have an advantage over rTMS in clinical situations with spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain.
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