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EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY
卷 68, 期 4, 页码 199-208出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000338773
关键词
Stroke; Aphasia; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Speech therapy; Functional MRI; Rehabilitation
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Aim:To assess the safety and clinical efficacy of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) combined with intensive speech therapy (ST) in poststroke patients with aphasia. Subjects and Methods: Twenty-four patients with left-hemispheric stroke and aphasia were subjected. During 11-day hospitalization, each patient received 10 treatment sessions consisting of 40-min 1-Hz LF-rTMS and 60-min intensive ST, excluding Sundays. The scalp area for stimulation was selected based on the findings of fMRI with language tasks and the type of aphasia. LF-rTMS was applied to the inferior frontal gyrus (IGF) for patients with nonfluent aphasia and to the superior temporal gyrus (STG) for patients with fluent aphasia. Results: On pretreatment fMRI, the most activated areas were in the left hemisphere (n = 16) and right hemisphere (n = 8). The types of aphasia were nonfluent (n = 14) and fluent (n = 10). The LF-rTMS was applied to the right STG (n = 5), left STG (n = 5), right IFG (n = 11) and left IFG (n = 3). Nonfluent aphasic patients showed significant improvement of auditory comprehension, reading comprehension and repetition. Fluent aphasic patients showed significant improvement in spontaneous speech only. Conclusion:The fMRI with aphasic type-based therapeutic LF-rTMS/intensive ST for chronic aphasia seems feasible and a potentially useful neurorehabilitative protocol. Copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
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