Assessing the Effects of TMS Intensities and Muscle Conditions on the Evoked Responses of the First Dorsal Interosseous Muscle Using Statistical Methods and InterCriteria Analysis

Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(10), С. 5236 - 5236

Опубликована: Май 8, 2025

This study aims to apply standard statistics and InterCriteria analysis (ICrA) for assessing the effects of different transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) intensities three muscle conditions on evoked responses first dorsal interosseous (FDIM). Surface electromyograms from right FDIM ten right-handed healthy volunteers were recorded, amplitudes motor potentials (MEPs), latencies MEPs, silent periods obtained. ICrA was used time as a supplementary tool along with applied statistical methods. Three case studies processed by approach wide examination neuromuscular excitability in humans. As result, relations between increasing TMS intensities, MEP amplitudes, latencies, established at relaxed condition, isometric index finger abduction co-contraction antagonist muscles condition. Also, dependencies themselves, outlined. The results confirmed known literature showed new ones.

Язык: Английский

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Neuropathic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2024

Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory system and one most incapacitating types, representing significant non met medical need. Due to increase in research field since innovative therapeutic strategies are required, namely intractable neuropathic pain, neurostimulation has been used. Within this approaches, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that uses transient produce electrical currents over cortex emerges literature. Since an area expansion due putative role TMS, we performed bibliometric analysis Scopus with primary objective identify scientific production related use TMS manage pain. The had no restrictions focused on characteristics literature retrieved, collaboration main topics from inception July 6, 2023. A total 474 articles were collected. biggest co-occurrence between terms “neuropathic pain” “transcranial stimulation” was obtained. journal “Clinical Neurophysiology” leads Top 5 productive sources. United States country 50% documents being “review articles” followed France 56% “original articles”. Lefaucheur, JP Saitoh, Y two influents authors. frequent type article”. This study allows perform general overview application for useful establish future directions field.

Язык: Английский