Health Condition 1: S098- Other specified injuries of head Health Condition 2: null- Patients with moderate traumatic brain injury
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: Frequency
10-Hz at 110% threshold with 20 x 5-sec trains.
Patient will recieve a total of 20 sessions over a period of 4 weeks
Control Intervention1: sham-repetitive transcranial stimulation(Plecebo): Patient
Sponsors
All india institute of medical science
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Moderate TBI patients (defined as: GCS score: 9-12, History of post traumatic amnesia 1 day > to 30 minutes to Age between 18-65 yrs Males educated at least up to 10th standard Suffered TBI within last one month Willing to provide written informed consent to participate in study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Have a mass lesion, cerebral infarct or other active CNS disease. Past/current history of seizure disorder . Presence of past (through history)/current (MINI) Axis I disorders including substance abuse/dependence (other than caffeine or nicotine). Receiving any psychotropic except anti-epileptics Patients receiving or received any surgical procedures on brain . Patients with implanted device or metal in the brain/head or cardiac pacemaker. Facial tattoos with metallic or magnetic-sensitive ink.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome will be difference in cognitive functioning in patients receiving active rTMS as compaired to control patients receiving sham-rTMSTimepoint: After 5th and 20th sessions of rTMS. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To explore the safety and tolerability.Timepoint: After 5th and 20th sessions of rTMS. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactTashi Tundup
All india institute of medical science
Outcome results
None listed