The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on patients with hemiplegia or aphasia after stroke

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350657
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Fukui College of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Hidenori 福井医療短期大学, その他部局等, その他 (80126581)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOBAYASHI Yasutaka 福井医療短期大学, 副学長 (80424448) ; KAWAMURA Minpei 福井医療短期大学, リハビリテーション学科, 教授 (30622170) ; TSUKAMOTO Hirotaka 福井医療短期大学, リハビリテーション学科, 講師 (80709337)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 脳卒中 / 反復経頭蓋磁気刺激 / 片麻痺 / 失語症

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We tried to evaluate the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on patients with hemiplegia or aphasia after stroke. Low frequency of 1 Hz rTMS was performed on 89 patients with hemiplegia (85 cases) or Broca’s aphasia (4 cases) after stroke between October 2011 and December 2015. A series of 1200 stimuli were done on the contralateral intact primary motor cortex, or on the contralateral Broca cortex, followed by one-hour-intensive occupational therapy, or intensive speech and language therapy, twice a day for 10 days. Motor or language function were compared with those before rTMS treatment. All the patients were relieved from hemiplegia compared with pre-rTMS condition significantly. Aphasia was also relieved. But it is not statistically significant. rTMS is a good treatment option for hemiplegia or aphasia even in late period after stroke.

Free Research Field

脳血管障害