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ReviewCureus2023

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Stroke: A Literature Review of the Current Role and Controversies of Neurorehabilitation Through Electromagnetic Pulses.

Paula Vallejo, Emily Cueva, Pablo Martínez-Lozada, Cecilia A García-Ríos, Diego H Miranda-Barros, Jose E Leon-Rojas

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paula VallejoMedical School, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, ECU.
Emily CuevaMedical Research Department, NeurALL Research Group, Quito, ECU.
Pablo Martínez-LozadaMedical Research Department, NeurALL Research Group, Quito, ECU.
Cecilia A García-RíosPediatrics, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, ECU.
Diego H Miranda-BarrosPediatrics, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, ECU.
Jose E Leon-RojasNeurological Surgery, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, ECU.
Universidad San Francisco de Quito · ECEscuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo · ECUniversidad de Las Américas · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective method used for the treatment of various neurological diseases, including stroke, epilepsy, and movement disorders. The pathophysiological mechanism for the effect of TMS is not clear. In this literature review, we conducted a detailed search regarding the effect of rTMS on neurotransmission and neuronal plasticity through the modulation of neuronal excitability. Evidence suggests that intramolecular subatomic mechanisms, including genetic changes related to neuronal prevention and death, play an important role. We also discuss the use of rTMS in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke and its main complications, as well as alternative mechanisms related to recovery, emphasizing the findings of available evidence and touching on possible controversies and limitations of the method.

Indexed as

neuronal plasticityneurorehabilitationrepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms)rtmsstroketms

Identifiers

PMID37575778
PMCPMC10414689
OpenAlexW4383897374

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