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ArticlePloS one2022

The optimum parameters and neuroimaging mechanism of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to post-stroke cognitive impairment, a protocol of an orthogonally-designed randomized controlled trial.

Ling-Xin Li, Jing-Kang Lu, Bao-Jin Li, Qiang Gao, Cheng-Qi He, Shi-Hong Zhang, You-Jin Zhao, Shuai He, Qian Wen

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in improving functional impairments post-stroke: review of the current evidence and potential challenges.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ling-Xin LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5644-7034
Jing-Kang LuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2528-7998
Bao-Jin LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Qiang GaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Cheng-Qi HeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Shi-Hong ZhangDepartment of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
You-Jin ZhaoHuaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Shuai HeDepartment of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Qian WenDepartment of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRepetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been used in cognition impairment due to various neuropsychiatric disorders. However, its optimum parameters and the neuroimaging mechanism are still of uncertainty. In order to simulate a study setting as close to real world as possible, the present study introduces a new orthogonally-designed protocol, consisting of the rTMS intervention with four key parameters (stimulating site, frequency, intensity and pulse number) and three different levels in each one, and aims to investigate the optimum parameters and the brain activity and connectivity in default mode network (DMN), dorsal attention network (DAN), central executive network (CEN) following rTMS intervention to post-stroke cognition impairment (PSCI).

methodsA single-center, orthogonally-designed, triple-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted and forty-five PSCI patients will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of nine active rTMS groups based on four rTMS paraments: stimulating site, frequency, intensity and pulse number. Neuropsychological, activities of daily living, quality of life and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) evaluations were be performed pre-, post- and 3 months after rTMS. DISCUSSION: This study evaluates the optimum parameters of rTMS for patients with post-stroke cognition impairment and explores the alteration of neural function in DMN, DAN, CEN brain network. These results would facilitate the standardized application of rTMS in cognition impairment rehabilitation.

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Cognitive DysfunctionStrokeActivities of Daily LivingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuroimagingQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTranscranial Magnetic StimulationTreatment Outcome

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PMID35862342
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