Individualized rTMS for Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients
Efficacy of Individualized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Based on Cortical Laterality for Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients
National Taiwan University Hospital
40 participants
Oct 13, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study aimed to aim to investigate the efficacy of individualized rTMS according to lateralization index on motor recovery and cortical excitability in subacute stroke patients.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Unilateral ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
- Stroke within 3 months
- Medical Research Council Scale for Muscle Strength in upper limb ≤ 3
- No previous stroke, seizure, dementia, Parkinson's disease or other degenerative neurological diseases.
- Patient could sit over 15 minutes
- Age over 20
Exclusion Criteria6
- Previous stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor
- With central nervous system disease (spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease)
- Any contraindication to rTMS (seizure, alcoholism, metal implant, pacemaker)
- Patients unable to cooperate the treatment
- Pregnancy
- Depression
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Interventions
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technology. High and low frequencies of rTMS could modulate the excitability of the cerebral cortex.
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NCT05914038