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High-frequency rTMS for the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Case Series

Overview of attention for article published in Internal Medicine, December 2016
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Title
High-frequency rTMS for the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Case Series
Published in
Internal Medicine, December 2016
DOI 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.7354
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Authors

Wataru Kakuda, Ryo Momosaki, Naoki Yamada, Masahiro Abo

Abstract

Structural and functional abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex seem to correlate with fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We consecutively applied facilitatory high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of seven CFS patients over three days. Five patients completed the 3-day protocol without any adverse events. For the other two patients, we had to reduce the stimulation intensity in response to mild adverse reactions. In most of the patients, treatment resulted in an improvement of fatigue symptoms. High-frequency rTMS applied over the DLPFC can therefore be a potentially useful therapy for CFS patients.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 7 22%
Student > Bachelor 6 19%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 6%
Student > Postgraduate 2 6%
Other 5 16%
Unknown 7 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 31%
Neuroscience 5 16%
Psychology 3 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Unspecified 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 September 2022.
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#5,338,984
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Internal Medicine
#274
of 2,938 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#95,650
of 416,449 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Internal Medicine
#10
of 45 outputs
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