Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Effectiveness of repetitive magnetic stimulation in improving upper extremity function in post-stroke hemiparesis – A case report

It seems that that this research in February 2014 with this conclusion would mean the research you did wasn't needed.

The effects of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation on upper-limb spasticity and impairment in patients with spastic hemiparesis: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study

Conclusions

Therapy with rpMS increases sensory function in patients with severe limb paresis. The magnetic stimulation has, however, limited effect on spasticity and no effect on motor function.

 

 

 Effectiveness of repetitive magnetic stimulation in improving upper extremityfunction in post-stroke hemiparesis

Tittu Thomas James 1,*, 

Ragupathy Sendhilkumar 1, 

Naveen Venkatesh 1,

Dhargave Pradnya 1 

1 Dept. of Physiotherapy, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India A R T I C L E I N F O Article history:Received 20-06-2020Accepted 25-08-2020
Available online 31-08-2020
Keywords:
Repetitive magnetic stimulation
Upper limb rehabilitation
Stroke hemiparesis
Super inductive system
Spasticity

ABSTRACT

Upper extremity (UE) motor deficits lead to significant disability and dependence in individuals, poststroke. Intense physiotherapy has found to be beneficial in restoring the UE function. Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation (rPMS) is a novel therapeutic modality which aids in the rehabilitation of stroke patients.
It utilizes high-intensity electromagnetic field to stimulate neuromuscular tissue which is found to be beneficial in pain management and other effects such as fracture healing, myostimulation, joint mobilization and spasticity reduction. The rPMS have found to decrease spasticity and bring about muscle balance by relaxing spastic muscles and stimulating antagonistic muscles respectively. Although rPMSis widely used all over the world, literature on the Indian population is lacking. This case report is the first from India which describes the beneficial effects of rPMS in UE rehabilitation of a post-stroke individual using BTL6000 Super Inductive System. © 2020 Published by Innovative Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

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