Attaining upper limb functional recovery in stroke patients is always an ambitious goal for health care professionals. Recent evidences suggested that Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) techniques could enhance upper limb functional recovery in stroke patients.
A pilot upper limb rehabilitation program utilizing one of the NIBS techniques – Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for stroke patients was developed. The program evaluation showed that combined tDCS and physiotherapy treatment have positive effect on enhancing upper limb functional recovery in stroke patients. In the light of the positive results of this program, another NIBS technique – Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) was introduced in physiotherapy department.
This presentation will give an overview on TMS, and share the local experience of developing physiotherapy TMS service. Service review suggested that repetitive TMS could augment physiotherapy treatment in enhancing upper limb motor functional recovery in acute stroke patients. And these positive findings warrant further investigation of the application of this non-invasive brain stimulation technique to neuro-rehabilitation.
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