The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation ( rTMS) on the pain status, autonomic functions and event related cognitive potentials in chronic low back ache patients

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•Inclusion Criteria for CLBP:
•Right-handed individuals of either sex, aged 18 to 50 years will included after screening. Chronic low back pain patients visiting the outpatient department of orthopaedics and physical medicine and rehabilitation will be screened for recruitment as per the criteria described by the National Institute of Health pain consortium non-specific pathology.
•Inclusion Criteria for Controls:
•Healthy pain free right-handed individuals of either sex, aged 18 to 50 years

•Exclusion criteria for the participants for both CLBP and controls:
•Individuals with presence of any major illness that prevents the participants from adhering to the protocol (psychiatric, neurological, autoimmune, cardiovascular), contraindicated to transcranial magnetic stimulation (metallic implants, intra-cardiac lines, neuro-active drugs, history of seizures, major head trauma in past six months); history of opioid or substance abuse, pregnant and lactating women will be excluded.

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