ArticleFrontiers in neurology2025
Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on upper limb motor recovery in early stroke patients: an fNIRS study.
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- Effects of non-invasive neural stimulation modalities on upper limb function in subacute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Unveiling the upper-limb functional recovery mechanisms in stroke patients using brain-machine interfaces: a near-infrared functional imaging-based study.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Multiscale Mechanisms that Underlie Intermittent Theta-burst Stimulation in Post-stroke Motor Recovery: From Molecular Signaling to Network Reorganization.Translational stroke research · 2026Review
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of intermittent theta burst stimulation on lower-limb motor dysfunction in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Research on transcranial magnetic stimulation for stroke rehabilitation: a visual analysis based on CiteSpace.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation of the left DLPFC on cognitive function and inflammatory markers in post-stroke cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Predictive nomogram for post-stroke motor dysfunction using fNIRS.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with functional near-infrared spectroscopy to elucidate the neurophysiological mechanisms of post-stroke hemiplegia: a systematic review.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the recovery of upper limb motor function and the changes in cortical functional connectivity in patients with early subcortical small infarcts accompanied by severe upper limb motor dysfunction (PESSUM) after intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and to explore the related mechanisms. Methods: We enrolled 56 subcortical ischemic stroke patients with FMA-UE ≤28 and randomly assigned them to receive either genuine (TG, Results: Both groups showed significant improvements in FMA-UE and MBI scores postintervention ( Conclusion: iTBS significantly improved motor function and daily living ability in stroke patients, supporting a role for iTBS in promoting neural repair by accelerating cortical recovery cycles. This study provides evidence that iTBS is an effective rehabilitation strategy poststroke. Clinical trial registration: https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=169674, ChiCTR2200060955.
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