Open AccessRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in chronic tension-type headache: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Bhawna Mattoo,
Suman Tanwar,
Rohit Bhatia,
Manjari Tripathi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_97_18
Subject(s) - transcranial magnetic stimulation , mcgill pain questionnaire , physical therapy , chronic pain , placebo , rating scale , medicine , anxiety , mood , pain catastrophizing , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , psychiatry , visual analogue scale , stimulation , developmental psychology , alternative medicine , pathology
Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common type of primary headache disorder. Its chronic form is often the most ignored and challenging to treat. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a novel technique in the treatment of chronic pain. The aim of this pilot study was to explore the effect of low-frequency repetitive TMS (rTMS) on pain status in chronic TTH (CTTH) by subjective and objective pain assessment.