Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Rehabilitation Therapy for Upper Limb Hemiparesis in Stroke Patients: A Narrative Review.

Autor: Chino T; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Kinoshita S; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., Abo M; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Progress in rehabilitation medicine [Prog Rehabil Med] 2023 Mar 01; Vol. 8, pp. 20230005. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 01 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.2490/prm.20230005
Abstrakt: Recent technological advances in non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) have led to the development of therapies for post-stroke upper extremity paralysis. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a NIBS technique, controls regional activity by non-invasively stimulating selected areas of the cerebral cortex. The therapeutic principle by which rTMS is thought to work is the correction of interhemispheric inhibition imbalances. The guidelines for rTMS for post-stroke upper limb paralysis have graded it as a highly effective treatment, and, based on functional brain imaging and neurophysiological testing, it has been shown to result in progress toward normalization. Our research group has published many reports showing improvement in upper limb function after administration of the NovEl Intervention Using Repetitive TMS and intensive one-to-one therapy (NEURO), demonstrating its safety and efficacy. Based on the findings to date, rTMS should be considered as a treatment strategy based on a functional assessment of the severity of upper extremity paralysis (Fugl-Meyer Assessment), and NEURO should be combined with pharmacotherapy, botulinum treatment, and extracorporeal shockwave therapy to maximize therapeutic effects. In the future, it will be important to establish tailormade treatments in which stimulation frequency and sites are adjusted according to the pathological conditions of interhemispheric imbalance, as revealed by functional brain imaging.
Competing Interests: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
(2023 The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE