The Effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy in Patients With Lumbar Radiculopathy

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-12-08
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex combined with transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Aged between 20-60 years

2. Symptoms lasting longer than 3 months

3. To be planned TESI due to root compression which is caused by lumbar disk herniation

4. To agree to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Lumbar spinal stenosis

2. Presence of clinical findings incompatible with MRI

3. Spinal disease (trauma / tumor)

4. Spondylodiscitis or inflammatory spondylitis

5. Presence of epilepsy

6. Presence of implanted medical devices such as pacemakers, insulin pumps

7. Intracranial metallic implant

8. Previous cranial surgery history

9. Brain tumor

10. Severe hearing and vision loss

11. To be applied TESI for the last six months

12. Presence of surgical history through lumbar region

13. Scoliosis

14. Spodilolistezis

15. Pregnancy

16. Osteoporotic lumbar fracture

17. The presence of inflammatory diseases that affect spinal morphology, such as ankylosing spondylitis

18. Patients with electrophysiologically determined polyneuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, etc. neurological disease