rTMS Therapy for Eating Disorders: Scoping Review on Efficacy, Safety, Stimulation Parameters and Study Subjects.
Objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has potential as a therapeutic tool for eating disorders. In this scoping review, we examine the efficacy and safety of rTMS therapy for eating disorders besides stimulation parameters and the clinical statuses of participants. Method: F...
| Publicado en: | European Eating Disorders Review Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 464 - 476 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191298322&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191298322 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10724133 BVM jtl: European Eating Disorders Review issn: 10724133 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 34 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 191298322 188942287 191298322 191298322 10.1002/erv.70046 191298322 ppf: 464 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: rTMS Therapy for Eating Disorders: Scoping Review on Efficacy, Safety, Stimulation Parameters and Study Subjects. aug: au: Takahashi, Shun Ikeda, Shunichiro Ueda, Masaya Harada, Tomoko Ishii, Ryouhei affil: Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan sug: subj: Eating Disorders Therapy Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment Outcomes Patient Safety Disease Attributes Human Scoping Review PubMed Psycinfo Anorexia Nervosa Therapy Binge Eating Disorder Therapy Bulimia Nervosa Therapy Prefrontal Cortex Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Therapy Eating Disorders Psychosocial Factors Adolescence Adult Middle Age Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: Objective: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has potential as a therapeutic tool for eating disorders. In this scoping review, we examine the efficacy and safety of rTMS therapy for eating disorders besides stimulation parameters and the clinical statuses of participants. Method: Following PRISMA‐ScR framework, we searched four databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and PsycInfo) to review clinical interventional studies using rTMS for patients with eating disorders. Results: Thirty‐two studies were included. Benefits of rTMS on mood or eating disorder symptoms were reported for patients with anorexia nervosa. Meanwhile, there was improvement in binge eating and impulsivity in patients with bulimia nervosa, but without statistical significance in randomised controlled studies. There were no serious adverse events in relation to rTMS therapy. Stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex at high frequency with 20,000 stimulations was shown to be widely adopted in research on rTMS therapy for eating disorders. Conclusion: The number of pulses to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may have been insufficient. The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is suggested to be an effective stimulation site for patients with binge‐purge symptoms. Future research should focus on optimising stimulation parameters including the frequency, the intensity, the session number, and the stimulation site. Highlights: Preferable effects of rTMS therapy on mood or eating disorder symptoms have been reported in various papers, but few effects were seen on weight gain in patients with anorexia nervosa.The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is expected to be an effective stimulation site for binge‐purge symptoms in patients with eating disorders.Future research should focus on optimising stimulation parameters tailored to the specific symptom domains and subtypes of eating disorders. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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