NEUROLOGY 2005;65:466-468
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications
Therapeutic trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation after acute ischemic stroke
Eman M. Khedr, MD,
Mohamed A. Ahmed, MD,
Nehal Fathy, MD and
John C. Rothwell, MD
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Khedr and Ahmed), Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Dr. Fathy), Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt; and Sobell Research Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders (Dr. Rothwell), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Eman M. Khedr, Department of Neurology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt; e-mail: emankhedr99{at}yahoo.com.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or sham stimulation was given over the motor cortex daily for 10 days to two randomly assigned groups of 26 patients with acute ischemic stroke. Patients otherwise continued their normal treatment. Disability scales measured before rTMS, at the end of the last rTMS session, and 10 days later showed that real rTMS improved patients' scores more than sham.
Editorial, see page 353
Dr. Rothwell was funded by the Medical Research Council, UK.
Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Received September 26, 2004. Accepted in final form March 21, 2005.
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