Lefaucheur 2006.
Methods | Cross‐over trial |
Participants | N (intervention/control): total study size 22, of those 4 with SCI Type of SCI: cervical level, aetiology: ischaemic, traumatic, surgical, post‐traumatic cervical syringomyelia Type of pain: chronic intractable unilateral lower limb pain of neurogenic aetiology for 4‐7 years Additional pain treatment: individual standard treatment Age (years) mean/SD (range): 63/7.8 (range 48‐72) Gender (male/female): 2/2 Country of study: France Setting: not indicated |
Interventions | Experimental group: repetitive transcranial magnetic cortical stimulation (rTMS), 10 Hz (20 trains during 6 seconds with 54 second intertrain interval) or a single train during 20 minutes at 1 Hz and 90% of rTMS using an active coil (1200 pulses) Control group: sham rTMS Duration of intervention: 3 sessions of 20 minutes separated by at least 3 weeks |
Outcomes | Pain: 11‐point VAS (range 0‐10), relative change in pain level pre/post each session Measurement time points: pre‐treatment and post‐treatment Follow‐up measures: no |
Notes | Data on 3 of the 4 SCI participants were already used in previous publication (Lefaucheur 2004) |