Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1574-1580 , December 2007

The Effect of a Series of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations of the Motor Cortex on Central Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

  • Ruth Defrin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ruth Defrin, PhD, Dept of Physical Therapy, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel 69978
    • ,
  • Leon Grunhaus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
    • Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
    • ,
  • Doron Zamir, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Gabi Zeilig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
    • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

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 Supported by the National Association of the Insurance Companies.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01452-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.025

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1574-1580 , December 2007

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