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Suggestion for ICES TMS Protocols

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#1

Hello Professor Dennis and everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I wanted to put forth a suggestion/inquiry as to whether it would be possible to add additional TMS protocols to the ICES devices such as the C5 model. I am aware that there are currently two sTMS protocols of differing length but both at the 10 Hz frequency. My question is, would it be possible to add TMS protocols that are in the 1-5 Hz range (mostly interested in 1 Hz)? The reason I ask is there is medical/scientific literature available that indicates that low-frequency stimulation may have some therapeutic value in certain neurological/brain disorders where there is cortical hyperexcitability such as in migraine. An example of this can be seen in the following Clinical Neurophysiology article on 1 Hz rTMS stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997700/

Thank you!

#2

you can simply run the M1 or C5 at 1 Hz, 2 Hz, 3 Hz, 4 Hz or 5 Hz. Just select the protocol you want:

The only thing the sTMS protocols do is add a timer of 30 or 60 minutes. But this is identical to just stopping it yourself at 30 or 60 minutes, or any other time you want.

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