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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data

From: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus: Effects on cortical excitability

Gender

Age (yr)1

Handedness

Tinnitus Latera-lity2

Side of PET activation3

Duration (months)4

Order of stimula-tion5

Tinnitus score before active rTMS6

Tinnitus score before sham rTMS6

ΔTQ Active rTMS7

ΔTQ Sham rTMS7

m

61

R

L > R

L

90

A, S

45

37

-7

2

m

48

R

L > R

L > R

12

A, S

42

40

-4

-5

w

48

R

L

R

36

S, A

65

57

-6

+8

m

61

R

L = R

L

140

A, S

74

67

-10

-1

m

59

R

L

L

30

A, S

30

16

-7

-4

m

49

R

L = R

L > R

28

S, A

41

49

-1

-4

m

20

R

L = R

L

6

S, A

40

34

-5

+2

m

29

R

R

L > R

17

S, A

28

25

0

+3

w

41

L

L

L > R

60

A, S

60

61

+2

-1

m

60

L

R

R

48

S, A

47

52

+1

-6

  1. 1age in years at study begin;
  2. 2 tinnitus laterality as reported by the patient; L: left R: right;
  3. 3 side of hypermetabolic activity in the FDG PET (the side of increased activity was target for rTMS stimulation);
  4. 4 duration of tinnitus in months at study begin;
  5. 5 the order of stimulation according to randomization: "A, S" stands for active rTMS first and sham rTMS second and "S, A" for the inverse order;
  6. 6 Tinnitus scores as revealed by the Tinnitus Questionnaire of Goebel and Hiller (TQ) [73];
  7. 7 ΔTQ: treatment response, indicated as the difference between tinnitus scores on day 11 and day 1 for active rTMS and sham rTMS, respectively.