Lots of big words used with no understanding by lay persons, so this is useless in survivors trying to tell their doctors what needs to be done to recover.
Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) device
One of the chapters in Norman Doidges new book discusses this with respect to Parkinsons, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. You'll have to see what your doctor thinks on this and what protocols have been designed with its use in mind. More than likely your doctor has not heard of it. Good luck.
The latest here:
Primary motor cortex excitability during recovery after stroke: implications for neuromodulation
2015, Brain Stimulation
Cathy M. Stinear a,b,
Matthew A. Petoe a,b,
Winston D. Byblow b,c,*
a Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
b Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
c Department of Sport & Exercise Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 14 March 2015Received in revised form27 May 2015Accepted 22 June 2015Available online xxx
Keywords:
StrokeSub-acuteUpper limbTranscranial magnetic stimulationMotor cortex
Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques may be useful adjuvants to promote recoveryafter stroke. They are typically used to facilitate ipsilesional cortical excitability directly, or indirectly bysuppressing contralesional cortical excitability and reducing interhemispheric inhibition from the con-tralesional to ipsilesional hemisphere. However, most of the evidence for this approach comes fromstudies of patients at the chronic stage of recovery.
Hypothesis:
We hypothesized that corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition wouldinitially be asymmetric, with greater interhemispheric inhibition from contralesional to ipsilesional M1.We also hypothesized that balancing of corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition would be associated with greater improvements in paretic upper-limb impairment and function.
Methods:
We conducted a retrospective analysis of longitudinal data collected from 46 patients during the
first six months after stroke. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to measure rest motor threshold, stimulus-response curves, and ipsilateral silent periods from the extensor carpi radialis muscles of both upper limbs. Analyses of variance and linear regression modeling were used to evaluate the effect of time on corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition in both hemispheres, and associations between these effects and improvements in paretic upper-limb impairment and function.
Results:
All participants had subcortical damage and only two had motor cortex involvement. As ex-pected, ipsilesional corticomotor excitability was initially suppressed and increased over time, and thisincrease was associated with improved upper-limb impairment and function. However, interhemisphericinhibition was symmetrical and stable over time, and there was no evidence for a decrease in con-tralesional corticomotor excitability.
Conclusions:
Neuromodulation interventions applied during spontaneous recovery may be more beneficial if they facilitate ipsilesional corticomotor excitability directly.
2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
a Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
b Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
c Department of Sport & Exercise Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 14 March 2015Received in revised form27 May 2015Accepted 22 June 2015Available online xxx
Keywords:
StrokeSub-acuteUpper limbTranscranial magnetic stimulationMotor cortex
Abstract
Background:Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques may be useful adjuvants to promote recoveryafter stroke. They are typically used to facilitate ipsilesional cortical excitability directly, or indirectly bysuppressing contralesional cortical excitability and reducing interhemispheric inhibition from the con-tralesional to ipsilesional hemisphere. However, most of the evidence for this approach comes fromstudies of patients at the chronic stage of recovery.
Hypothesis:
We hypothesized that corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition wouldinitially be asymmetric, with greater interhemispheric inhibition from contralesional to ipsilesional M1.We also hypothesized that balancing of corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition would be associated with greater improvements in paretic upper-limb impairment and function.
Methods:
We conducted a retrospective analysis of longitudinal data collected from 46 patients during the
first six months after stroke. Transcranial magnetic stimulation was used to measure rest motor threshold, stimulus-response curves, and ipsilateral silent periods from the extensor carpi radialis muscles of both upper limbs. Analyses of variance and linear regression modeling were used to evaluate the effect of time on corticomotor excitability and interhemispheric inhibition in both hemispheres, and associations between these effects and improvements in paretic upper-limb impairment and function.
Results:
All participants had subcortical damage and only two had motor cortex involvement. As ex-pected, ipsilesional corticomotor excitability was initially suppressed and increased over time, and thisincrease was associated with improved upper-limb impairment and function. However, interhemisphericinhibition was symmetrical and stable over time, and there was no evidence for a decrease in con-tralesional corticomotor excitability.
Conclusions:
Neuromodulation interventions applied during spontaneous recovery may be more beneficial if they facilitate ipsilesional corticomotor excitability directly.
2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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