Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to the temporoparietal junction for tinnitus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effectiveness and safety of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the temporoparietal junction in a cohort of patients with bothersome tinnitus.

Design

Crossover, double-blind, randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Outpatient academic medical center.

Participants

Fourteen adults aged 42 to 59 years with subjective, unilateral or bilateral, nonpulsatile tinnitus of 6 months' duration or longer and a score of 38 or greater on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).

Interventions

Low-frequency (1-Hz) 110% motor threshold rTMS or sham treatment to the left temporoparietal junction for 2 weeks.

Main outcome measure

The difference in the change of the THI score between active and sham rTMS.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Piccirillo JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3140874 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature