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stroke, Upper limb motor impairment, ischemic stroke
INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE, STROKE, ISCHEMIC STROKE
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Upper limb motor impairment is one of the most frequent long-term neurological consequences of ischemic stroke or intracerebral haemorrhage.Spontaneous recovery after stroke is believed to be driven by neurobiological processes that occur mainly during a period of heightened brain plasticity in the first 3 months after stroke.An interhemispheric imbalance may be restored through excitation of the lesioned M1 or inhibition of the contralesional M1.Conventional LF rTMS treatment consists of 15-minute sessions, whereas the continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS), a novel inhibitory rTMS paradigm, has a much shorter treatment duration of 40 seconds per session. Therefore, the use of cTBS can improve patient comfort and increase cost-effectiveness of the intervention.