Effects of 10 Hz individualized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on patients with disorders of consciousness: a study protocol for an exploratory double-blind crossover randomized sham-controlled trial

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[8] Fins JJ(2001)Transcranial magnetic stimulation in therapy studies: examination of the reliability of “standard” coil positioning by neuronavigation Biol Psychiatry 50 58-61

[9] Naro A(2009)Comparison of navigated and non-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor cortex mapping, motor threshold and motor evoked potentials Neuroimage. 44 790-795

[10] Leo A(2020)Stratifying chronic stroke patients based on the influence of contralesional motor cortices: an inter-hemispheric inhibition study Clin Neurophysiol 131 2516-2525

[1] Schnakers C(2020)Update on diagnosis in disorders of consciousness Expert Rev Neurother 20 997-1004

[2] Giacino JT(1994)Medical aspects of the persistent vegetative state (1) N Engl J Med 330 1499-1508

[3] Ashwal S(2002)The minimally conscious state: definition and diagnostic criteria Neurology. 58 349-353

[4] Childs N(2019)Disorders of consciousness, past, present, and future Camb Q Healthc Ethics 28 603-615

[5] Cranford R(2017)How far can we go in chronic disorders of consciousness differential diagnosis? The use of neuromodulation in detecting internal and external awareness Neuroscience. 349 165-173

[6] Jennett B(2019)Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness Lancet Neurol 18 600-614

[7] Katz DI(2014)Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) Clin Neurophysiol 125 2150-2206

[8] Fins JJ(2001)Transcranial magnetic stimulation in therapy studies: examination of the reliability of “standard” coil positioning by neuronavigation Biol Psychiatry 50 58-61

[9] Naro A(2009)Comparison of navigated and non-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation for motor cortex mapping, motor threshold and motor evoked potentials Neuroimage. 44 790-795

[10] Leo A(2020)Stratifying chronic stroke patients based on the influence of contralesional motor cortices: an inter-hemispheric inhibition study Clin Neurophysiol 131 2516-2525