Safety and tolerability of repeated sessions of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been demonstrated to be effective in body weight control in individuals with obesity. Most clinical trials on rTMS provided a reassuring safety profile. In the present work, we present an extensive analysis on both severe and mild Adverse Events (AEs) in obese individuals treated with rTMS.

Methods

We examined the intensity, duration, correlation with the treatment, up to 1 year after the end of rTMS treatment.

Results

Descriptive analysis included a total of 63 subjects undergoing a 5-week deep rTMS experimental treatment for obesity (age 48.3 ± 10.4 years; BMI 36.3 ± 4.4 kg/m²): 31 patients were treated with high-frequency rTMS (HF), 13 with low-frequency rTMS (LF), and 19 were sham treated (

SUBMITTER: Ferrulli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7881959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature