rTMS combined with rehabilitation for post-stroke hemiparesis : Evaluation by MRS

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: post-stroke hemiparesis

• Registration Number: JPRN-jRCT1090220226
• Lead Sponsor: The Izumi memorial hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Brunnstrom stage for hand-fingers of 4 or 5;
(2) time between the onset of stroke and intervention of more than 12 months;
(3) history of a single stroke only (no bilateral cerebrovascular lesion);
(4) no cognitive impairment with a pretreatment MiniMental State Examination score of more than 26;
(5) clinical confirmation of a plateau state, representing no score increase in the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) in the latest three months;
(6) no pathological conditions known to be contraindications for rTMS in the guidelines suggested by Wassermann;

Exclusion Criteria

(1)active physical or mental illness requiring medical management;
(2)history of seizure within one-year preceding theintervention;
(3)documented epileptic discharge on pretreatmentelectroencephalogram;
(4)current use of antiepileptic medications for the prevention of seizure;

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified