ReviewBrain sciences2023
Behavioral Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Disorders of Consciousness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex promotes recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Seizure Risk Associated With the Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Coma Recovery in Individuals With Disordered Consciousness After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationPooled it
- Efficacy of non-pharmacological treatments for prolonged disorders of consciousness: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined With Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Effect of cerebellar stimulation on awareness recovery in disorders of consciousness (CARE-DoC): A randomized, sham-controlled, crossover clinical trial.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Trial
- Therapy effect of cochleural alternating acoustic beam therapy versus traditional sound therapy for managing chronic idiopathic tinnitus patients.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effect and mechanism of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of angular gyrus on patients with consciousness disorder.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
- Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Disorders of Consciousness and Potential Therapeutic Targets of Brain Stimulation.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Review
- State-dependent repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in disorders of consciousness.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Disorders of consciousness diagnosis, interventions, and prognostication for the intensivist: Report of the 2025 ISICEM roundtable.Intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Non-invasive brain stimulation: current and future applications in neurology.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation for consciousness recovery after traumatic brain injury: a case series.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for consciousness recovery in children with disorders of consciousness following traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- rTMS combined with median nerve magnetic stimulation for prolonged disorders of consciousness following intracerebral hemorrhage: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for disorders of consciousness: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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- Neuromodulation for pediatric disorders of consciousness: bridging the gap between adult evidence and developmental reality.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
Traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest, intracerebral hemorrhage, and ischemic stroke may cause disorders of consciousness (DoC). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used to promote the recovery of disorders of consciousness (DoC) patients. In this meta-analysis, we examined whether rTMS can relieve DoC patient symptoms. We searched through journal articles indexed in PubMed, the Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library until 20 April 2023. We assessed whether studies used rTMS as an intervention and reported the pre- and post-rTMS coma recovery scale-revised (CRS-R) scores. A total of 207 patients from seven trials were included. rTMS significantly improved the recovery degree of patients; the weighted mean difference (WMD) of the change in the CRS-R score was 1.89 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.39-2.39;
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