I couldn't tell from the abstract what phase of rehab, acute or chronic, it was testing. But when I tried to get into a research study on this they required some movement. So that would mean that they were stimulating the penumbra and thus if your infarct was large enough to kill an area of control this style of rehab wouldn't help with those areas. Don't self magnetize.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22854873
Full article in German so ask your doctor to get and translate it for your stroke protocol if appropiate.
Abstract
Stroke is the leading cause of
disability in adults. In Germany an estimated 1.5 million stroke
survivors have to cope with persisting sensorimotor or cognitive
deficits and effective therapies are scarce.
Abstract
Stroke is the leading cause of
disability in adults. In Germany an estimated 1.5 million stroke
survivors have to cope with persisting sensorimotor or cognitive
deficits and effective therapies are scarce. The idea of using
non-invasive brain stimulation to treat neuropsychiatric diseases was
already born more than 2,000 years ago (Scribonius largus, 43-48 AD).
However, only the development of modern non-invasive brain stimulation
methods, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has made it possible to
evaluate these ideas. The therapeutic value of these non-invasive brain
stimulation methods is currently under study for several
neuropsychiatric diseases, mostly in a proof-of-principle fashion. In
this article the focus will be on non-invasive brain stimulation to
enhance functional regeneration after stroke.
.
However, only the development of modern non-invasive brain stimulation
methods, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has made it possible to
evaluate these ideas. The therapeutic value of these non-invasive brain
stimulation methods is currently under study for several
neuropsychiatric diseases, mostly in a proof-of-principle fashion. In
this article the focus will be on non-invasive brain stimulation to
enhance functional regeneration after stroke.
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