Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor function and spasticity in spastic cerebral palsy
by Meena Gupta; Bablu Lal Rajak; Dinesh Bhatia; Arun Mukherjee
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET), Vol. 31, No. 4, 2019

Abstract: In this study, 20 sCP participants were selected and were divided equally into two groups - control group (CG) and experimental group (EG). Ten participants in CG (mean age 8.11+SD4.09) were given physical therapy for 30 minutes daily for 20 days and those in EG (mean age 7.93+SD4.85) were administered 5Hz r-TMS frequency for 15 minutes consisting of 1,500 pulses daily followed by physical therapy of same duration as provided to CG. Modified Ashworth scale (MAS) and gross motor function measure (GMFM) were used as outcome measures. The pre- and post-assessment were completed in both study groups and their statistical analysis was found to be significant (p < 0.05). The GMFM result shows EG have 1.95% improvement as compared to 0.55% in CG also MAS score of EG showed significant spasticity reduction in muscles of lower extremity as compared to participants in CG.

Online publication date: Wed, 23-Oct-2019

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