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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2023

Effects of transcranial combined with peripheral repetitive magnetic stimulation on limb spasticity and resting-state brain activity in stroke patients.

Yin Qin, Xiaoying Liu, Yinxin Zhang, Jiwei Wu, Xiaoyang Wang

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for post-stroke spasticity: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  4. Systematic review: Resting state functional MRI as a biomarker for non-invasive brain stimulation in upper limb recovery post-stroke.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. Comparative efficacy of different noninvasive brain stimulation protocols on upper-extremity motor function and activities of daily living after stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  20. [The research progress on the improvement effect of repeated peripheral magnetic stimulation on upper limb and lower limb spasm after stroke].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yin QinDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 900th Hospital of People's Liberation Army (Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xiaoying LiuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 900th Hospital of People's Liberation Army (Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yinxin ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 900th Hospital of People's Liberation Army (Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Jiwei WuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 900th Hospital of People's Liberation Army (Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xiaoyang WangDepartment of Radiology, The 900th Hospital of People's Liberation Army (Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and objective: Transcranial magnetic stimulation and peripheral repetitive magnetic stimulation (rPMS), as non-invasive neuromodulation techniques, can promote functional recovery in patients with post-stroke spasticity (PSS), but the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with peripheral magnetic stimulation on PSS remain largely unknown. Therefore, we examined the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) combined with rPMS on PSS patients and its potential neural correlates to behavioral improvements. Methods: Forty-nine PSS patients were divided randomly into three groups: a combined group ( Results: The MAS score was decreased, FMA-UE score and MBI scores were increased in the three groups after therapy than before therapy (all Conclusion: Transcranial combined with peripheral repetitive magnetic stimulation could improve spastic state and motor function in PSS patients, and this effect may be associated with altered cerebellar and frontoparietal cortical activity. Clinical trial registration: http://www.chictr.org.cn/index.aspx, identifier ChiCTR1800019452.

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amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF)peripheral repetitive magnetic stimulationrepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS)strokeupper limb spasticity

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