Cerebral Reorganization of Stroke Patients After Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by Neuroimaging Analysis

The rTMS treatments were performed using a Medtronic MagPro type magnetic stimulation device (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) and a figure-of-eight coil (MC-B70, Medtronic). Coils were placed tangent to the scalp. The stimulation protocol involved 50 trains of 20 pulses applied over the ipsilesional M1 at a frequency of 5 HZ, with the stimulus intensity set at 120% of the resting motor threshold of the unaffected extremity.

The sham rTMS was performed on the same site as the rTMS treatment group but without any true stimulations. Coils were placed perpendicular to the scalp.