Health Condition 1: G998- Other specified disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: High frequency repetitive transmagnetic stimulation(rTMS): 3 sessions of monthly HF rTMS for 3 consecutive days in each session followed by cross over to another group.
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Sponsors
Professor Jayantee Kalita
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age more than 18 years, those fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of CPSP, pain intensity more than equal to 4 on a Visual analog scale (VAS, 0 to 10 with 0 indicating no pain and 10 the worst pain imaginable), those who will give the consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Age more than 70 years and less than 18 years, patients with less than 4 pain on VAS, epilepsy, pregnancy, metallic implant, pacemaker, painful peripheral neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, psychiatric and post-head injury pain disorders, bony defect of scalp, chronic renal or liver failure, heart failure, cancer, and those with a history of drug allergy will be excluded. The patients with dementia and aphasia, and those who are not willing to give consent will also be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Greater than 50% reduction in pain on visual analog scale.Timepoint: Baseline, 1 month and at 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Reduction in pain from baseline on visual analog scale (VAS) 2. Improvement in scores of Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Hospital anxiety depression scale (HADS) score, Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Quality of life index (QOL), Median Somatosensory evoked potentials, Mechanical static, Mechanical dynamic allodynia and Cold allodynia.Timepoint: baseline, 1 month and at 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactJayantee Kalita
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed