Kinoshita 2020.
Study name | Dose–response of rPMS for upper limb hemiparesis after stroke |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Target sample size of 50 |
Interventions | The intervention is rPMS Group 1: control Group 2: 2400 pulses Group 3: 4800 pulses Groups 2 and 3 could be included in the analysis |
Outcomes | FMA Upper Extremity modified Ashworth Scale Active ROM Goniometry FIM |
Starting date | 20 January 2020 |
Contact information | kinoshita@jikei.ac.jp |
Notes | Although amount is measures in number of pulses of rPMS, the protocol explains that "Each train of rPMS stimuli will be applied at 20 Hz for 3 seconds followed by a 27 second rest interval. Eighty such trains of rPMS stimuli will be applied as the daily 4800 pulses of rPMS therapy, and 40 such trains of rPMS stimuli will be applied as the daily 2400 pulses of rPMS, in the respective treatment groups." Therefore, intervention for group 3 will take twice as long as intervention for groups 2 |