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RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
卷 39, 期 5, 页码 319-328出版社
IOS PRESS
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-211207
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Neuronavigation; corticomotor excitability; navigated brain stimulation; voluntary contraction; proximal muscles; upper limb
The study evaluated the performance of a low-cost navigated TMS approach in improving coil placement consistency and found that it effectively reduced coil orientation errors when tracking motor hotspots, but did not have an impact on MEP amplitudes and variability.
Background: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can monitor or modulate brain excitability. However, reliability of TMS outcomes depends on consistent coil placement during stimulation. Neuronavigated TMS systems can address this issue, but their cost limits their use outside of specialist research environments. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost navigated TMS approach in improving coil placement consistency and its effect on motor evoked potentials (MEPs) when targeting the biceps brachii at rest and during voluntary contractions. Methods: We implemented a navigated TMS system using a low-cost 3D camera system and open-source software environment programmed using the Unity 3D engine. MEPs were collected from the biceps brachii at rest and during voluntary contractions across two sessions in ten non-disabled individuals. Motor hotspots were recorded and targeted via two conditions: navigated and conventional. Results: The low-cost navigated TMS system reduced coil orientation error (pitch: 1.18 degrees +/- 1.2 degrees, yaw: 1.99 degrees +/- 1.9 degrees, roll: 1.18 degrees +/- 2.2 degrees with navigation, versus pitch: 3.7 degrees +/- 5.7 degrees, yaw: 3.11 degrees +/- 3.1 degrees, roll: 3.8 degrees +/- 9.1 degrees with conventional). The improvement in coil orientation had no effect on MEP amplitudes and variability. Conclusions: The low-cost system is a suitable alternative to expensive systems in tracking the motor hotspot between sessions and quantifying the error in coil placement when delivering TMS. Biceps MEP variability reflects physiological variability across a range of voluntary efforts, that can be captured equally well with navigated or conventional approaches of coil locating.
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