Table 4.
Differences in outcomes from baseline to week 1 and week 3 between patients receiving real and sham rTMS.
| Sham rTMS | Active rTMS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | W1 | W3 | Baseline | W1 | W3 | |
| Usual pain intensity | 6.5 (1.5) | 6.5 (1.7) | 6.7 (1.4) | 6.5 (1.2) | 6.4 (1.7) | 6.2 (2.2) |
| Multitasking test – MTTTIC | 11.8 (11.8) | 10.1 (7.7) | 10.1 (12.8) | 16.0 (17.2) | 13.5 (12.2) | 12.0 (13.4) |
| Paired Associates Learning | ||||||
| PALTEA8 | 17.8 (8.8) | 16.6 (10.6) | 17.4 (10.4) | 16.8 (10.8) | 16.4 (11.1) | 15.9 (8.4) |
| PALTEA28 | 28.3 (17.7) | 26.6 (18.4) | 28.7 (19.2) | 26.1 (16.1) | 25.1 (17.4) | 24.7 (13.5) |
| Stop Signal Task – SSTSSRT | 238.8 (50.9) | 235.5 (53.2) | 227.6 (60.1) | 256.2 (59.4) | 233.9 (44.2) | 231.2 (49.3) |
| Spatial working memory | ||||||
| SWMS | 7.2 (2.8) | 6.3 (2.6) | 6.6 (2.8) | 8.3 (3.2) | 7.6 (2.6) | 6.7 (2.5) |
| SWMBE8 | 9.3 (7.5) | 5.5 (6.0) | 6.3 (5.9) | 9.4 (6.1) | 7.4 (4.6) | 6.1 (5.9) |
| Composite score | -0.03 (0.8) | -0.06 (0.7) | 0.02 (0.8) | 0.03 (0.6) | 0.07 (0.6) | -0.02 (0.7) |
Results are expressed as mean (SD). Valid percentages displayed (missing data excluded). No significant interactions between treatment and time were found for any of the outcome measures (p < 0.05). Lower values indicate higher performance for all measures.