School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China; Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
J Rehabil Med. 2024 Nov 7;56:jrm40348. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v56.40348.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the combined effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation on improving lower limb function in stroke patients. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Subacute stroke patients. METHODS: 169 post-stroke hemiplegia patients were randomly divided into 4 groups (control, transcranial direct current stimulation, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, and transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation) and evaluated using the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Lower Extremity (FMA-LL), Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) test, Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), gait parameters, and surface electromyography (sEMG). RESULTS: Significant improvements in FMA-LL, MBI, BBS, TUG, gait parameters, and sEMG were noted in the intervention groups compared with the control, with the transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation group showing the most pronounced improvements. Differences in some outcomes were also notable between the transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation groups. CONCLUSION: The combination of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation effectively enhances gait, balance, and daily living activities in subacute stroke patients. These benefits are likely due to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation activating the solitary and trigeminal nuclei and transcranial direct current stimulation stimulating the motor cortex. Wearable gait analysis systems and electromyography are valuable in clinical gait assessment for these patients.
目的:研究经颅磁刺激(TMS)和经颅直流电刺激联合应用对改善脑卒中患者下肢功能的效果。
设计:随机对照试验。
对象/患者:亚急性期脑卒中患者。
方法:将 169 例脑卒中后偏瘫患者随机分为 4 组(对照组、经颅直流电刺激组、经皮耳迷走神经刺激组、经皮耳迷走神经刺激联合经颅直流电刺激组),采用 Fugl-Meyer 下肢运动功能评估量表(FMA-LL)、计时起立-行走测试(TUG)、改良巴氏指数(MBI)、Berg 平衡量表(BBS)、步态参数和表面肌电图(sEMG)进行评估。
结果:与对照组相比,干预组的 FMA-LL、MBI、BBS、TUG、步态参数和 sEMG 均显著改善,其中经皮耳迷走神经刺激联合经颅直流电刺激组的改善最明显。经皮耳迷走神经刺激组与经颅直流电刺激组在某些结果上也存在差异。
结论:经皮耳迷走神经刺激联合经颅直流电刺激可有效增强亚急性期脑卒中患者的步态、平衡和日常生活活动能力。这些益处可能是经皮耳迷走神经刺激激活孤束核和三叉神经核,经颅直流电刺激刺激运动皮层所致。可穿戴步态分析系统和肌电图在这些患者的临床步态评估中具有重要价值。
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