Effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, some studies indicated that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could relieve neuropathic pain (NP) following a spinal cord injury (SCI), whereas some studies showed no pain relief effect. In addition, some studies showed the analgesic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on NP post SCI, whereas other studies showed no effect.

Methods

We systematically searched on the PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Medline, Google Scholar for studies exploring the analgesic effect of rTMS or tDCS on NP post SCI until November 2019. Meta-analysis was conducted to summarize results of these studies.

Results

The present quantitative meta-analysis indicated no significant difference in the effect of treatment on NP following

SUBMITTER: Shen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7447445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature