title: [Using transcranial magnetic stimulation for studying functional state of motor centers in patients with ischemic stroke].
abstract: To evaluate the informativeness of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the functional diagnostics of motor disorders for assessing rehabilitation potential in patients with ischemic stroke (IS). It was conducted a comprehensive survey of 112 patients (mean age--(59.20 +/- 5.67) years) with newly emerged hemispheric IS during the acute arid early recovery periods with a mild neurological deficit. In addition, 30 persons (average age--(57.80 +/- 4.33) years) without neurological pathologies were examined using TMS. They formed the control group to compare the parameters of motor evoked potentials (MEP). MEP on the affected side were absent in 42 (34.4%) patients who subsequently manifested by the low rehabilitation potential to restore motor functions. In 70 (65.6%) patients with preserved rehabilitation potential, MEP from paretic muscles, although of the reduced amplitude and increased latency, could be register. MS with determination of the MEP latency-amplitude parameters is a sensitive method for the quantitative assessment of the functional state of the motor system in IS patients during acute and early recovery periods.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Balyts'kyĭ
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation