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Improving Functions in MTBI Patients With Headache by rTMS
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Sham Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). Completed, enrolled 29 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Due to recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the number of Veteran suffering from Mild traumatic brain(MTBI) injury and PTSD increases rapidly. Headache is one of the most debilitating clinical symptoms in Veteran with MTBI and the cause of it is still not entirely clear. Recently, the use of non-invasive brain stimulation such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) has yielded favorable clinical outcome in a few intractable chronic central pain conditions including headaches. This study aims to 1) assess the effect of rTMS in relieving headache and improving neurophysiological functions; and 2)explore the neuronal mechanisms associated with MTBI related headache and the analgesic effect of rTMS with function magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Active-repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex.
Sham rTMS will consist of the same parameters as active, however, the subject will be shielded from the magnetic field of the coil.