Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Chronic Pain: A Review of the Literature

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Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex

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Responses to rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex

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Rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in drug-resistant depression

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The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey

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Morphine, Gabapentin, or Their Combination for Neuropathic Pain

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A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report of an IFCN committee

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Patterned stimulation at the theta frequency is optimal for the induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation

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Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary

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Wall and Melzack's Textbook of Pain

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Daily repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) improves mood in depression

1995 • 913 citations

Study and Modulation of Human Cortical Excitability With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

1998 • 755 citations

The prevalence of pain complaints in a general population

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The high prevalence of pain in emergency medical care

2002 • 543 citations

Electrical stimulation of motor cortex for pain control: a combined PET-scan and electrophysiological study

1999 • 541 citations

A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia

2010 • 437 citations

Evidence that an excitatory connection between the periaqueductal gray and nucleus raphe magnus mediates stimulation produced analgesia

1979 • 433 citations

Longlasting antalgic effects of daily sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in central and peripheral neuropathic pain

2005 • 412 citations

The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey

1998 • 410 citations

Motor cortex rTMS restores defective intracortical inhibition in chronic neuropathic pain

2006 • 375 citations

Modulation of cortical excitability induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: Influence of timing and geometrical parameters and underlying mechanisms

2010 • 364 citations

Epidemiology of pain

2006 • 342 citations

Brain imaging of neuropathic pain

2007 • 333 citations

Neurogenic pain relief by repetitive transcranial magnetic cortical stimulation depends on the origin and the site of pain

2004 • 324 citations

Basic Mechanisms of TMS

2002 • 321 citations

Pain relief induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of precentral cortex

2001 • 311 citations

Treatment of Thalamic Pain by Chronic Motor Cortex Stimulation

1991 • 302 citations

Motor cortex stimulation for pain control induces changes in the endogenous opioid system

2007 • 272 citations

Effects of unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex on chronic widespread pain in fibromyalgia

2007 • 271 citations

Spinal cord stimulation for complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review of the clinical and cost‐effectiveness literature and assessment of prognostic factors

2005 • 270 citations

Electrical stimulation of precentral cortical area in the treatment of central pain: electrophysiological and PET study

1995 • 270 citations

Bilateral motor cortex disinhibition in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I of the hand

2003 • 267 citations

Non-invasive Cerebellar Stimulation—a Consensus Paper

2013 • 262 citations

The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain survey : The prevalence of low Back Pain and related disability in Saskatchewan adults. Point of view

1998 • 261 citations

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for pain control. Double-blind study of different frequencies against placebo, and correlation with motor cortex stimulation efficacy

2006 • 251 citations

Interventional neurophysiology for pain control: duration of pain relief following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex

2001 • 248 citations

Long-term maintenance of the analgesic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in fibromyalgia

2011 • 246 citations

The contribution of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the functional evaluation of microcircuits in human motor cortex

2013 • 239 citations

Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain by navigation-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex

2006 • 232 citations

The effect of current direction induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation on the corticospinal excitability in human brain

1996 • 223 citations

Transcranial magnetic stimulation accelerates the antidepressant effect of amitriptyline in severe depression: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

2005 • 214 citations

Local anaesthetic sympathetic blockade for complex regional pain syndrome

2016 • 212 citations

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex attenuates pain perception in complex regional pain syndrome type I

2004 • 205 citations

Case reports and hypothesis: A neglect-like syndrome may be responsible for the motor disturbance in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (complex regional pain syndrome-1)

1995 • 201 citations

Complex regional pain syndrome – diagnostic, mechanisms, CNS involvement and therapy

2003 • 198 citations

Motor cortex stimulation for the treatment of refractory peripheral neuropathic pain

2009 • 192 citations

Alteration of cortical excitability in patients with fibromyalgia

2010 • 189 citations

Sociocultural Factors and Back Pain

1994 • 189 citations

Neuropharmacological basis of rTMS-induced analgesia: The role of endogenous opioids

2010 • 181 citations

Placebo Response of Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Trials in Major Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2009 • 172 citations

Treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type I

2002 • 163 citations

Evidence for cortical hyperexcitability of the affected limb representation area in CRPS: a psychophysical and transcranial magnetic stimulation study

2004 • 150 citations

Definition of DLPFC and M1 according to anatomical landmarks for navigated brain stimulation: Inter-rater reliability, accuracy, and influence of gender and age

2013 • 147 citations

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Is Efficacious as an Add-On to Pharmacological Therapy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type I

2010 • 145 citations

Somatotopic organization of the analgesic effects of motor cortex rTMS in neuropathic pain

2006 • 143 citations

Daily repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of primary motor cortex for neuropathic pain: A randomized, multicenter, double-blind, crossover, sham-controlled trial

2013 • 141 citations

The Effect of a Series of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations of the Motor Cortex on Central Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

2007 • 138 citations

Motor cortex stimulation inhibits thalamic sensory neurons and enhances activity of PAG neurons: Possible pathways for antinociception

2012 • 138 citations

Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain due to spinal cord or peripheral lesion by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex

2007 • 133 citations

Ten sessions of adjunctive left prefrontal rTMS significantly reduces fibromyalgia pain: A randomized, controlled pilot study

2011 • 131 citations

Pain relief by rTMS

2008 • 130 citations

Duloxetine in patients with central neuropathic pain caused by spinal cord injury or stroke: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

2010 • 130 citations

Predictive Value of rTMS in the Identification of Responders to Epidural Motor Cortex Stimulation Therapy for Pain

2011 • 128 citations

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain – A Pilot Study

2002 • 127 citations

Long-term antalgic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of motor cortex and serum beta-endorphin in patients with phantom pain

2011 • 125 citations

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Medicine Review of the Literature

2003 • 123 citations

Diffusion tensor fiber tracking in patients with central post-stroke pain; correlation with efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

2008 • 120 citations

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy : a reappraisal

1996 • 120 citations

Motor cortex rTMS in chronic neuropathic pain: pain relief is associated with thermal sensory perception improvement

2008 • 119 citations

Recommandations françaises sur l’utilisation de la stimulation magnétique transcrânienne répétitive (rTMS) : règles de sécurité et indications thérapeutiques

2011 • 118 citations

Diffuse analgesic effects of unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in healthy volunteers

2009 • 117 citations

Analgesic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in neuropathic pain: Influence of theta burst stimulation priming

2012 • 109 citations

Changes to somatosensory detection and pain thresholds following high frequency repetitive TMS of the motor cortex in individuals suffering from chronic pain

2006 • 103 citations

Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Hand Motor Cortical Area on Central Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

2009 • 103 citations

Sympathectomy for neuropathic pain

2002 • 94 citations

Transdural motor cortex stimulation reverses neuropathic pain in rats: A profile of neuronal activation

2010 • 92 citations

<scp>H</scp>‐coil repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for pain relief in patients with diabetic neuropathy

2013 • 92 citations

rTMS in fibromyalgia

2014 • 92 citations

Clinical effects and brain metabolic correlates in non-invasive cortical neuromodulation for visceral pain

2010 • 91 citations

Postoperative Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces Patient-controlled Analgesia Use

2006 • 91 citations

Cortical disinhibition occurs in chronic neuropathic, but not in chronic nociceptive pain

2010 • 89 citations

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Increases the Corticospinal Inhibition and the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: An Explanatory Double-Blinded, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial

2014 • 86 citations

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induced analgesia depends on N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors

2013 • 86 citations

Antinociception induced by epidural motor cortex stimulation in naive conscious rats is mediated by the opioid system

2008 • 86 citations

Effect of Single-Session Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Applied Over the Hand Versus Leg Motor Area on Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

2013 • 86 citations

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Left Premotor/Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Does Not Have Analgesic Effect on Central Poststroke Pain

2014 • 82 citations

The epidemiology of chronic pain in a general population: results of a survey in southern Sweden

2010 • 78 citations

Cortical excitability changes after high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for central poststroke pain

2013 • 78 citations

Is Life Better After Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control? Results at Long-Term and their Prediction by Preoperative rTMS

2014 • 76 citations

Complex regional pain syndrome

2003 • 73 citations

Non‐invasive magnetic stimulation of the human cerebellum facilitates cortico‐bulbar projections in the swallowing motor system

2011 • 71 citations

The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on refractory neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury

2013 • 69 citations

Descending volleys generated by efficacious epidural motor cortex stimulation in patients with chronic neuropathic pain

2010 • 63 citations

Into the Island: A new technique of non-invasive cortical stimulation of the insula

2012 • 62 citations

Epidemiology of pain : a report of the Task Force on Epidemiology of the International Association for the Study of Pain

1999 • 55 citations

Somatosensory Change and Pain Relief Induced by Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Central Poststroke Pain

2014 • 48 citations

NMDA receptor blockade in the periaqueductal grey prevents stress-induced analgesia in attacked mice

1989 • 43 citations

[Central and peripheral deafferent pain: therapy with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation].

2006 • 42 citations

Antinociception induced by motor cortex stimulation: Somatotopy of behavioral response and profile of neuronal activation

2013 • 39 citations

The effect of current direction induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation on the corticospinal excitability in human brain

1996 • 35 citations

Unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex does not affect cognition in patients with fibromyalgia

2012 • 33 citations

Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia syndrome

2006 • 28 citations

Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on rectal sensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized, placebo‐controlled pilot study

2013 • 25 citations

Modulation of electrically induced pain by paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation of the medial frontal cortex

2006 • 22 citations

Early Improvement in Pain Predicts Pain Response at Endpoint in Patients With Fibromyalgia

2011 • 18 citations

Effects of Paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Motor Cortex on Perception of Experimentally Induced Pain

2010 • 6 citations

T505 PREDICTORS OF PERCEIVED PAIN-RELATED INTERFERENCE WITH EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING IN PERSONS WITH CHRONIC PAIN: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

2011 • 2 citations