The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation before repetitive facilitation exercise on the hemiparetic hand in chronic stroke patients

Objective: Repetitive facilitative exercise (RFE) is a combination of high repetition rate and neurofacilitation. It is a recently developed approach to the rehabilitation of limb impairment in stroke patients. On the other hand, the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) combined with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on functional recovery of hemiparetic upper limb remain unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether NMES facilitated the effect of rTMS and RFE on the function of hemiparetic hand in stroke patients.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research