Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for patients: (1) Age between 18 and 80 years; (2) Right-handed (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory); (3) First occurrence of unilateral hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke confirmed by CT or MRI; (4) Duration of illness ranging from 1 week to 6 months; (5) Initial Fugl-Meyer Upper Limb Motor Function Assessment (FMA-UE) score < 58 points (maximum 66 points), accompanied by upper limb motor dysfunction; (6) Voluntary participation, able to cooperate with the research process and sign the informed consent form. Inclusion criteria for healthy subjects: (1) Age between 18 and 80 years; (2) Right-handed (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory); (3) Voluntary participation, able to cooperate with the research process and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) History of epilepsy or family history of epilepsy; (2) Head and neck area contains conductive, ferromagnetic or other magnetic-sensitive metals, or there is a pacemaker in the heart; (3) Received rTMS treatment within the past 3 months; (4) Has cerebellar hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage or transient ischemic attack; (5) Condition is unstable, progressive stroke or cerebral infarction leads to cerebral hemorrhage; (6) Has hematological diseases/severe internal medical diseases; (7) Pregnant women; (8) Has a history of alcohol dependence, neurological diseases and other complex mental disorders; (9) Uses drugs that affect the activity of the central nervous system, such as benzodiazepines or muscle relaxants such as baclofen.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| FMA-UE (Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity) score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| WMFT (Wolf Motor Function Test, WMFT) score;MBI (Modified Barthel Index, MBI) score;MAS (Modified Ashworth Scale, MAS) score;hdEEG (High-density electroencephalogram);TEPs (TMS-evoked potentials);ERSP (Event-related spectral perturbation);LMFA-AUC (Local mean field amplitude);SCD (Significant current density);SOE (Significant oscillation envelope);SCS (Significant current scattering);SEM(Structural equation model); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University