Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor functions in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1849-1857

  Hsu, Wan Yu ^a,b   Cheng, Chia Hsiung ^a,b   Liao, Kwong Kum ^b   Lee, I Hui ^a,b   Lin, Yung Yang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

meta analysis; motor function; neuronal plasticity; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); stroke

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW; FATIGUE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863317189     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.649756     Document Type: Article

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