Skip to main content

Table 1 Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) and the beck depression inventory (BDI-II) ratings over the course of and after the treatments (average ± SD)

From: Shaped magnetic field pulses by multi-coil repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) differentially modulate anterior cingulate cortex responses and pain in volunteers and fibromyalgia patients

FIQ

4 coil 1Hz real

4 coil 1Hz sham

4coil 10 Hz

2 coil 10 Hz

T1

65.8 ± 8.1

72.9 ± 12.0

68.7 ± 14.9

60.7 ± 14.4

T10

67.6 ± 10.9

64.5 ± 14.3

47.4 ± 21.4

52.0 ± 21.6

PT1

56.0 ± 15.9

54.3 ± 18.5

41.8 ± 15.2

51.4 ± 21.9

PT4

65.3 ± 6.2

50.1 ± 19.1

37.8 ± 15.8

41.2 ± 9.3

BDI-II

4 coil 1Hz real

4 coil 1Hz sham

4coil 10 Hz

2 coil 10 Hz

T1

10.3 ± 13.1

22.2 ± 12.2

12.6 ± 7.4

18.3 ± 11.3

PT1

9.7 ± 11.2

15.8 ± 10.0

8.0 ± 6.3

15.0 ± 11.9

PT4

14.0 ± 13.1

10.8 ± 7.6

4.6 ± 5.7

9.5 ± 6.4

  1. T1 and T10: timepoint of 1st and 10th treatment, respectively. PT1: 72 hours after last treatment. PT4: 4 weeks after last treatment. Two-way analysis of variance showed that there was a significant effect of time point for FIQ (F(3,3) = 3.74, p = 0.017). There was no significant effect of configuration and no significant effect of interaction between configuration and time point for FIQ. Two-way analysis of variance for the BDI-II data showed no significant effect of configuration, time point, or interaction.