The Effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy in Patients With Lumbar Radiculopathy

Stimulation will be performed from the contralateral M1 cortex of the painful side. Each stimulation session will consist of 1500 pulses (30 trains of 5 seconds each, with an inter-train interval of 25 seconds) delivered at a frequency of 10 Hz. The stimulation intensity will be set at 80% of the resting motor threshold.

"An epidural steroid injection under guidance of fluoroscopy is used to reduce inflammation at a lumbar spinal nerve root(s).~The following drugs will be used for this procedure: 80mg/2ml triamcinolone acetonide (sinakort-A) and 1 mL 0.5% bupivacaine (marcaine)"