Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSPP) is a heterogeneous genetic disease characterized by progressive spasticity of lower extremities. Spasticity is a major cause of long-term disability in HSPP and significantly affects the functional life of patients. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (r...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Türk nöroloji dergisi 2011-01, Vol.17 (2), p.119-121 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSPP) is a heterogeneous genetic disease characterized by progressive spasticity of lower extremities. Spasticity is a major cause of long-term disability in HSPP and significantly affects the functional life of patients. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is widely used in diagnosis and treatment of many neurological and psychiatric diseases. Although the positive impacts of rTMS for spasticity have been reported, no study has been found on HSPP. We present two HSPP patients treated with low frequency rTMS (20 minutes at a frequency of 1 Hz (1200 pulses), for a period of 10 treatment sessions). |
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ISSN: | 1301-062X |