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1 The Effect of a Series of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations of the Motor Cortex on Central Pain After Spinal Cord Injury  Ruth Defrin, PhD, Leon Grunhaus, MD, Doron Zamir, MSc, Gabi Zeilig, MD  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 88, Issue 12, Pages (December 2007) DOI: /j.apmr Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Chronic pain intensity (VAS ratings) measured before and immediately after each of the 10 treatment sessions (acute effect) of the real rTMS and sham rTMS groups. VAS ratings decreased significantly in both groups. NOTE. Bars denote mean ± standard deviation (SD). *P<.001. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 The change in chronic pain intensity (VAS ratings) throughout the real and sham rTMS treatment series. The values are the average pain ratings before each treatment trial. Both groups exhibited a trend toward a reduction in pain intensity. NOTE. Values are group means ± SD. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Group mean heat-pain threshold measured in painful body regions below the level of lesion of patients receiving real and sham rTMS, before and after the treatment series. Only in the real rTMS group did pain threshold exhibit a borderline significant increase, indicating a possible analgesic effect. NOTE. Bars denote mean ± SD. *P=.06. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /j.apmr ) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions


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