Duncan J. Hodkinson , Marianne M. Drabek , Suzanne Horvath , Stefan Pszczolkowski , Christopher Tench , Radu Tanasescu , Sudheer T. Lankappa , David A. Walsh , Richard Morriss , Dorothee P. Auer
{"title":"Accelerated intermittent theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for chronic knee osteoarthritis pain","authors":"Duncan J. Hodkinson , Marianne M. Drabek , Suzanne Horvath , Stefan Pszczolkowski , Christopher Tench , Radu Tanasescu , Sudheer T. Lankappa , David A. Walsh , Richard Morriss , Dorothee P. Auer","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.02.267","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.02.267","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study assessed feasibility, safety, and tolerability of accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (aiTBS) with effective connectivity-guidance targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (lDLPFC) from the right anterior insular (rAI) in chronic knee osteoarthritis pain.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The BoostCPM clinical trial (ISRCTN15404076) was a randomized, sham-controlled, single-blind, parallel-group pilot study in patients with mild-moderate chronic pain. Participants were assigned 2:1 (active: sham) aiTBS for 4 consecutive days (totaling 36,000 pulses) at a daily dose of 9000 pulses (5 sessions of 1800 pulses). Primary outcomes included safety, tolerability, pain-related and affective outcomes, and quantitative sensory testing.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>45 participants received active (n = 33) or sham (n = 12) aiTBS. No serious adverse events were recorded, and protocol adherence (tolerability) was 80.6 % and 100 % for active and sham. Follow-up response rate was 78.1 % and overall acceptance/satisfaction was 89 %. Pain relief was observed immediately after treatment and lasted 16 weeks with clinically meaningful reduction of pain burden, but no differences between groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>aiTBS with rAI-connected lDLPFC targeting is a safe, well tolerated, feasible, and acceptable intervention in chronic pain patients. However, we found no additional improvements compared to sham. <em><u>Significance:</u></em> <u>F</u>urther studies of aiTBS and lDLPFC targeting for pain relief are warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2010680"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Paetow , Jan Heckelmann , Maike Dohrn , Aileen Hill , Manuel Dafotakis , Jörg B. Schulz , Jan Larmann , Thomas Frodl
{"title":"Cerebral flow dynamics in electroconvulsive therapy – A pilot study for implementation of color-coded duplex sonography","authors":"Rebecca Paetow , Jan Heckelmann , Maike Dohrn , Aileen Hill , Manuel Dafotakis , Jörg B. Schulz , Jan Larmann , Thomas Frodl","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110832","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110832","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2110832"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145043868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ina Thome , Kristin Rusch , Aicha Bouzouina , Andreas Jansen
{"title":"It’s an illusion – or how our brain makes us belief in seeing things that are not there","authors":"Ina Thome , Kristin Rusch , Aicha Bouzouina , Andreas Jansen","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110882","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2110882"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145043879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim L. Vockert , Teresa Lemainque , Friederike Kirschmann , Jörg B. Schulz , Natalie Winter , Maike Dohrn
{"title":"Semi-automated MRI muscle volumetry and systematic muscle and nerve ultrasound in the diagnostic field of hereditary polyneuropathies: a longitudinal study","authors":"Kim L. Vockert , Teresa Lemainque , Friederike Kirschmann , Jörg B. Schulz , Natalie Winter , Maike Dohrn","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110865","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2110865"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145044110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ji-Won Kim , Azamat Yeldesbay , Nils Rosjat , Marina Sazhumyan , Eva Nießen , Peter H. Weiß-Blankenhorn , Gereon R. Fink , Silvia Daun
{"title":"The effect of stroke lesion size and white matter tract lesion probability on dynamic graph measures","authors":"Ji-Won Kim , Azamat Yeldesbay , Nils Rosjat , Marina Sazhumyan , Eva Nießen , Peter H. Weiß-Blankenhorn , Gereon R. Fink , Silvia Daun","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2110854"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145044353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinesthetic and tactile perception thresholds of somatosensory stimuli and proprioception in movement disorders","authors":"Annika Junge, Thorsten Odorfer, Daniel Zeller","doi":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10671,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurophysiology","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 2110855"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145044354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}