Effects of 20 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Disorders of Consciousness: A Resting-State Electroencephalography Study

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rTMS protocol for the patients. (a) The study design. All patients received active 20 Hz rTMS and sham stimulation for 5 consecutive days over the left primary motor cortex (M1), in separate sessions spaced one week. Clinical evaluation and EEG data were assessed at the baseline (T0), immediately after the end of the 5 days of treatment (T1) and 1 week after the treatment (T2). (b) rTMS procedure. A session of 1000 pulses were delivered in 20 trains. Each stimulation train lasted 2.5 s with a 28 s intertrain pause.

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