A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of High-frequency nrTMS on the Contralateral Broca Mirror Area for Language Recovery in Patients With Non-fluent Aphasia After Glioma Surgery

The including criteria:

A. Right-handed, age: 20~65 years old, tumor involves left language function area, no previous history of treatment of neurological diseases, and preoperative cognitive and language function assessment is normal B. Access to formal education at the primary level and above C. Postoperative pathology is primary low-grade glioma D. Language function assessed as motor aphasia on days 7-10 after surgery E. Willing to receive nrTMS rehabilitation F. The patient and family sign informed consent

The excluding criteria:

A. Tumor grows across the midline to the opposite side B. Undergoing unplanned surgery after the first tumor resection C. Patients request to withdraw from the study during treatment D. During the treatment period, the patient is unable to continue treatment due to force majeure E. Patient loss or refusal of follow-up during the study F. Patients are considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in this study

All patients will receive nrTMS treatment or nrTMS sham treatment for 7 sessions within 10 days (one session per day), start at the 7th - 10th day after glioma resection. The effects of nrTMS treatment will be determine by using the Western Aphasia Battery to evaluate patients' language function after each session and each follow-up interview (every 7-10 days after the whole treatment session finished until the end of the 3rd month after tumor resection or patients' language evaluation shows the language function recoveried to the normal level).