Effect of Intensity of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Nonfluent Aphasia after Stroke
HU Xue-yan
ZHANG Tong
LIU Li-xu
HE Jing-jie
LIU Ping
YANG Yu-qi
BI Xiao-hui
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of intensity of 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to right Broca's ho-mologue on nonfluent aphasia after stroke. Methods 40 inpatients were equally divided into low-intensity group and high-intensity group, who received rTMS (1 Hz for 10 minutes) once a day and twice a day respectively for 10 days. They were assessed with Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) before and after intervention, and 2 months after intervention. Results The scores of content and fluency, auditory compre-hension, naming, repetition and AQ improved more in the high-intensity group than in the low-intensity group (P<0.01). It maintained more for 2 months in the scores of content and fluency, repetition and AQ (P<0.05). Conclusion High-intensity rTMS can promote the improve-ment of speech in patients with nonfluent aphasia after stroke that remains for a long term.
Keywords：strokenonfluent aphasiarepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationrehabilitation
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1294-1297 )