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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuromodulation. 2018 Mar 4;21(4):409–416. doi: 10.1111/ner.12760

Table 2.

Treatment Response and Length

Patient Number Pre-TMS Baseline Pain Post-TMS Session 1 Pain Post-TMS Session 5 Pain Follow Up Week 1 Pain Follow Up Week 2 Pain Response Duration (Weeks)
1 Day of TMS Treatment

5 3.1 2.3 1.4** 1.6* 14+
10 8.8 7.2 8.8 9.4 -
18 8 5.4* 9.1 - 0
19 7.4 0.0** 2.7** 3.1** ~ 6+
20 (w) 8.6(w) (w) (w) (w) (w)
21 5.3 0.5** 1.0** - ~ 8+

Pain Average 6.50 3.10 4.60 4.70
Response Rate 0.60 0.60 0.40

5 Days of TMS Treatment

1 6.6 1.4** 0.6** 0.9** 1.5** 3
2 5.8 5.5 3.9* 3.5* 3.3* 4
3 (w) 9.1(w) 10(w) (w) (w) (w) (w)
4 4 1.7** 1.1** 2.5* 2.0* ~ 4
6 5.8 6.3 3.0* 7.4 5.5 0
7 8.3 6 7.9 5.4* 7.2 1
8 (w) 7.3(w) 8(w) (w) 8.5(w) 7.6(w) (w)
9 4.6 2.6* 3.9 4.3 3.8 0
11 5.6 5.4 5.2 4.9 6.6 -
12 (w) 5.9(w) (w) (w) (w) (w) (w)
13 5.6 3.0* 2.7** 3.9* 1.4** ~ 16+
14 8.9 7.5 9.1 9.6 9.8 -
15 7.8 7.1 6.1 6.6 6.3 -
16 6.2 4.0* 0.0** 0.0** 0.0** 14+
17 6.2 8.2 0.4** 2.6** 3.3* 2

Pain Average 6.30 4.90 3.66 4.30 4.20
Response Rate 0.42 0.58 0.58 0.50
*

= Response ( > 30% Decrease in Pain from Pre-TMS Baseline)

**

= Major Response ( > 50% Decrease in Pain from Pre-TMS Baseline)

~ is estimated with some missing weekly pain reports

(w) = Withdrawan. See Table 1 or 3 for details.

Pain Averages includes only patients that completed the trial.

Response Rate is number of responders over total completed.