Efficacy of coupling repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and physical therapy to reduce upper-limb spasticity in patients with stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-229

  Barros Galvão, Silvana Carla ^a   Borba Costa Dos Santos, Rebeka ^a   Borba Dos Santos, Priscila ^a   Cabral, Maria Eduarda ^a   Monte Silva, Kátia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Muscle spasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER LIMB SPASTICITY;

CID; CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; MAS; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MT; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REHABILITATION; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REST MOTOR THRESHOLD; RTMS; SSQOL; STROKE; STROKE-SPECIFIC QUALITY-OF-LIFE SCALE; TMS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UE-FMA; UPPER-EXTREMITY FUGL-MEYER ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84893708043     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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