rTMS and disorders of the motor system

Recent guidelines of the IFCN (Lefaucheur et al., 2014) on the therapeutic use of rTMS list the are variety of diseases. Here the focus will be laid on movement disorders, stroke and ALS.No recommendation for the antiparkinsonian effect can be made for high frequency (HF) or low frequency (LF) rTMS of the hand representation in M1 and for HF rTMS of the SMA. Only a possible antiparkinsonian effect of HF rTMS of bilateral (multiple) sites in M1 (Level C) emerged from this meta-analysis. A probable antidepressant effect of HF rTMS of the left DLPFC in Parkinson’s disease (Level B) emerged from the literature analysis.
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Source Type: research