post-stroke hemiparesis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Brunnstrom stage for hand-fingers of 4 or 5; (2) time between the onset of stroke and intervention of more than 12 months; (3) history of a single stroke only (no bilateral cerebrovascular lesion); (4) no cognitive impairment with a pretreatment MiniMental State Examination score of more than 26; (5) clinical confirmation of a plateau state, representing no score increase in the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) in the latest three months; (6) no pathological conditions known to be contraindications for rTMS in the guidelines suggested by Wassermann;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)active physical or mental illness requiring medical management; (2)history of seizure within one-year preceding theintervention; (3)documented epileptic discharge on pretreatmentelectroencephalogram; (4)current use of antiepileptic medications for the prevention of seizure;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| efficacy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| MRS and Fugl-Meyer Assessment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
The Izumi memorial hospital