Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Core Symptoms of Chronic Primary Pain: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.

Brain Sci · 2026 · PMC13406848 · PMID 42512438

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a trend toward significancep = 0.062so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Subgroup analysis showed a trend toward significance for NIBS type ( p = 0.062), likely due to larger effect sizes (and smaller number of included studies) of rTMS studies compared to tDCS ones (see Table S8 ).

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