Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the human motor cortex modulates processing of heat pain sensation as assessed by the offset analgesia paradigm

Heat pain threshold (HPT) values and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) values recorded during a constant trial and an offset analgesia trial recorded at baseline and after active or sham  repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).  T1, T2 and T3 indicate different time intervals of OA trial, i.e., T1 = first 5 s interval of the individualized HPT, T2 = 5 s interval at a temperature 1 ˚C higher than T1, T3 = 20 s interval at the same temperature as T1. Constant trial included 30 s of a stimulus at HPT.