Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 114, Issue 2 , Pages 350-358 , February 2003

Therapeutic effects of peripheral repetitive magnetic stimulation on myofascial pain syndrome

  • Nicola Smania

      Affiliations

    • Centro di Rieducazione Funzionale Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Verona, Italy
    • Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-045-8074573; fax: +39-045-8074495
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  • Elisabetta Corato

      Affiliations

    • Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Antonio Fiaschi

      Affiliations

    • Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia Riabilitativa, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Paola Pietropoli

      Affiliations

    • Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Salvatore M Aglioti

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ and IRCCS, Fondazione S. Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Michele Tinazzi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia Riabilitativa, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy

,Accepted 22 October 2002.

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☆ The study was performed in the Centro di Rieducazione Funzionale of the Policlinico G.B. Rossi in Verona, Italy.

PII: S1388-2457(02)00367-X

doi: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00367-X

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 114, Issue 2 , Pages 350-358 , February 2003

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