Anti-spastic effect of low-frequency rTMS applied with occupational therapy in post-stroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-502

  Kakuda, Wataru ^a   Abo, Masahiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kazushige ^a   Momosaki, Ryo ^a   Yokoi, Aki ^a   Fukuda, Akiko ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Tominaga, Ayumi ^a   Umemori, Takuma ^a   Kameda, Yumi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

occupational therapy; rehabilitation; spasticity; Stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation; upper limb hemiparesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTIC PARESIS; STROKE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 79953663210     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.559610     Document Type: Article

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