Jianxun Ren, Weijing Ren, Ying Zhou, Louisa Dahmani, Xinyu Duan, Xiaoxuan Fu, Yezhe Wang, Ruiqi Pan, Jingdu Zhao, Ping Zhang, Bo Wang, Weiyong Yu, Zhenbo Chen, Xin Zhang, Jian Sun, Mengying Ding, Jianting Huang, Liu Xu, Shiyi Li, Weiwei Wang, Wuxiang Xie, Hao Zhang, Hesheng Liu
BACKGROUND: Aphasia affects approximately one-third of stroke patients and yet its rehabilitation outcomes are often unsatisfactory. More effective strategies are needed to promote recovery. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of the theta-burst stimulation (TBS) on the language area in the superior frontal gyrus (SFG) localized by personalized functional imaging, in facilitating post-stroke aphasia recovery. METHODS: This randomized sham-controlled trial uses a parallel design (intermittent TBS [iTBS] in ipsilesional hemisphere vs...
August 29, 2023: Brain Stimulation