Ann Rehabil Med.  2015 Oct;39(5):793-799. 10.5535/arm.2015.39.5.793.

Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Patients With Dysarthria After Subacute Stroke

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mhchun@amc.seoul.kr
  • 2Rehabilitation Center, Union Hospital, Daegu, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could improve dysarthria in stroke patients at the subacute stage.
METHODS
This study was a prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial. Patients who had unilateral middle cerebral artery infarction were enrolled. In patients in the rTMS group, we found hot spots by searching for the evoked motor potential of the orbicularis oris on the non-affected side. We performed rTMS at a low frequency (1 Hz), 1,500 stimulations/day, 5 days a week for 2 weeks on the hotspots. We used the same protocol in the sham stimulation group patients as that in the rTMS group, except that the angle of the coil was perpendicular to the skull rather than tangential to it. The patients in both groups received speech therapy for 30 minutes, 5 days a week from a skilled speech therapist. The speech therapist measured the Urimal Test of Articulation and Phonology, alternative motion rates, sequential motion rates, and maximal phonation time before and after intervention sessions.
RESULTS
Forty-two patients were enrolled in this study and 20 completed the study. Statistical analysis revealed significant improvements on the dysarthria scales in both groups. The sequential motion rate (SMR)-PTK showed significantly greater improvement in the rTMS group patients than in the sham stimulation group.
CONCLUSION
Patients in the rTMS group showed greater improvement in articulation than did patients in the sham rTMS group. Therefore, rTMS can have a synergistic effect with speech therapy in treating dysarthria after stroke.

Keyword

Dysarthria; Stroke; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Orbicularis oris

MeSH Terms

Dysarthria*
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
Phonation
Prospective Studies
Skull
Speech Therapy
Stroke*
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation*
Weights and Measures

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Flowchart of patient recruitment.


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