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Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on spasticity after stroke
- Source :
- Neuroreport
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015.
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Abstract
- Spasticity is a common cause of long-term disability in poststroke hemiplegic patients. We investigated whether intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) could reduce upper-limb spasticity after a stroke. Fifteen hemiplegic stroke patients were recruited for a double-blind sham-controlled cross-over design study. A single session of iTBS or sham stimulation was delivered on the motor hotspot of the affected flexor carpi radialis muscle in a random and counterbalanced order with a 1-week interval. Modified Ashworth scale (MAS), modified Tardieu scale (MTS), H-wave/M-wave amplitude ratio, peak torque (PT), peak torque angle (PTA), work of affected wrist flexor, and rectified integrated electromyographic activity of the flexor carpi radialis muscle were measured before, immediately after, 30 min after, and 1 week after iTBS or sham stimulation. Repeated-measures analysis of variance showed a significant interaction between time and intervention for the MAS, MTS, PT, PTA, and rectified integrated electromyographic activity (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Modified Ashworth scale
medicine.medical_treatment
hemiplegia
Flexor carpi radialis muscle
Stimulation
Electromyography
Severity of Illness Index
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Double-Blind Method
Forearm
transcranial magnetic stimulation
medicine
Humans
Spasticity
Muscle, Skeletal
Stroke
muscle spasticity
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Cross-Over Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Neuroscience
Clinical Neuroscience
Middle Aged
Evoked Potentials, Motor
medicine.disease
stroke
Biomechanical Phenomena
body regions
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
medicine.symptom
intermittent theta burst stimulation
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09594965
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- NeuroReport
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbcc1dc83a864e2fcdf545bd2f23ca13
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/wnr.0000000000000388