Table 1

Demographic and clinical data
Gender
 Age (yr)1
 Handedness
 Tinnitus Latera-lity2
 Side of PET activation3
 Duration (months)4
 Order of stimula-tion5
 Tinnitus score before active rTMS6
 Tinnitus score before sham rTMS6
 ΔTQ Active rTMS7
 ΔTQ Sham rTMS7
m
 61
 R
 L > R
 L
 90
 A, S
 45
 37
 -7
 2
m
 48
 R
 L > R
 L > R
 12
 A, S
 42
 40
 -4
 -5
w
 48
 R
 L
 R
 36
 S, A
 65
 57
 -6
 +8
m
 61
 R
 L = R
 L
 140
 A, S
 74
 67
 -10
 -1
m
 59
 R
 L
 L
 30
 A, S
 30
 16
 -7
 -4
m
 49
 R
 L = R
 L > R
 28
 S, A
 41
 49
 -1
 -4
m
 20
 R
 L = R
 L
 6
 S, A
 40
 34
 -5
 +2
m
 29
 R
 R
 L > R
 17
 S, A
 28
 25
 0
 +3
w
 41
 L
 L
 L > R
 60
 A, S
 60
 61
 +2
 -1
m
 60
 L
 R
 R
 48
 S, A
 47
 52
 +1
 -6

1age in years at study begin;

2 tinnitus laterality as reported by the patient; L: left R: right;

3 side of hypermetabolic activity in the FDG PET (the side of increased activity was target for rTMS stimulation);

4 duration of tinnitus in months at study begin;

5 the order of stimulation according to randomization: "A, S" stands for active rTMS first and sham rTMS second and "S, A" for the inverse order;

6 Tinnitus scores as revealed by the Tinnitus Questionnaire of Goebel and Hiller (TQ) [73];

7 ΔTQ: treatment response, indicated as the difference between tinnitus scores on day 11 and day 1 for active rTMS and sham rTMS, respectively.

Langguth et al. BMC Neuroscience 2007 8:45   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-45