Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study

Table 6

Side effects after rTMS sessions.

	# Sessions	1	5	10
Side effects	Group	(%)	(%)	(%)
Headache	Active rTMS	5 (33.3)	4 (26.7)	1 (5.3)
	Sham	5 (33.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Cervical pain	Active rTMS	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Sham	1 (5.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Scalp pain	Active rTMS	5 (33.3)	2 (13.3)	2 (13.3)
	Sham	1 (5.3)	1 (5.3)	0 (0)
Burning scalp	Active rTMS	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Sham	1 (5.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Concentration difficulties	Active rTMS	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	Sham	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

Symptoms related to rTMS application; side effects after the 1st, 5th, and 10th rTMS sessions, respectively.