A group of European experts was commissioned to establish guidelines on the therapeutic
use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) from evidence published up until …

Approximately one-third of patients with stroke exhibit persistent disability after the initial
cerebrovascular episode, with motor impairments accounting for most poststroke disability …

Acute brain ischemia causes changes in several neural networks and related cortico-
subcortical excitability, both in the affected area and in the apparently spared contralateral …

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School In recent years, our
understanding of motor learning, neuroplasticity and functional recovery after the occurrence …

Objective: Motor recovery after stroke depends on the integrity of ipsilesional motor circuits
and interactions between the ipsilesional and contralesional hemispheres. In this sham …

Background In people who have had a stroke, upper limb paresis affects many activities of
daily life. Reducing disability is therefore a major aim of rehabilitative interventions. Despite …

Background and Purpose—The purpose of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of
studies that investigated the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on …

Objectives Stroke is a leading cause of disability. Alternative and more effective techniques
for stroke rehabilitation have been sought to overcome limitations of conventional therapies …

Background and purpose. Within the concept of interhemispheric competition, technical
modulation of the excitability of motor areas in the contralesional and ipsilesional …

INTRODUCTION: In the recent literature we can find many articles dealing with upper
extremity rehabilitation in stroke patients. New techniques, still under evaluation, are …