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Table 4 Stimulation parameters during acute (daily DTMS) phases in k = 9 studies

From: Can deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (DTMS) be used to treat substance use disorders (SUD)? A systematic review

Study

Coil typea

Stimulation locationb

Frequency (Hz)

Intensity (% MT)

Total stimuli

Stimuli/session

Trains/session

Inter-train interval (s)

No. of sessions

Alcohol

 Rapinesi et al., 2013 [17]

H1

5.5 cm

20

120

–

–

55

20

20

 Rapinesi et al., 2014 [19]

H1

5.5 cm

18

120

–

–

55

20

20

 Ceccanti et al., 2015 [20]c

H1

5 cm

20

120

15,000

1500

30

30

10

 Girardi et al., 2015 [21]

H1

5.5 cm

20

120

–

–

55

20

20

 Rapinesi et al., 2015 [22]

H1

5.5 cm

18

120

39,600

1980

55

20

20

 Addolorato et al., 2017 [25]c

H

5.5 cm

10

100

–

–

20

15

12

Nicotine

 Dinur-Klein et al., 2014 [18]c

HADD

6 cm

10

120

12,870

990

33

20

13

HADD

6 cm

1

120

7800

600

33

20

13

Cocaine

 Bolloni et al., 2016 [24]c

H1

–

10

100

–

–

20

15

12

 Rapinesi et al., 2016 [23]

H1

5.5 cm

15

100

–

–

20

20

12

  1. aPrefrontal cortex was stimulated in all studies
  2. bDistance from the motor ‘hot-spot’
  3. cActive stimulation parameters
  4. DTMS deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, k number of studies, MT resting motor threshold