Ipsilesional High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Add-On Therapy Improved Diffusion Parameters of Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: A Preliminary DTI Study

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Comparison of FA maps between patients of RT and CT groups after treatment. The FA results of one-sample -test for stroke patients of post-CT (a) and post-rTMS treatment (b). (c) Significantly changed brain areas are superimposed on the che2bet hemisphere of the Montreal Neurological Institute template brain in the three-view drawing (). The warm and cold tones separately indicate the increased and decreased FA value of RT. (d) Bars represent the mean FA values. Vertical bars indicate estimated standard errors. Compared with the CT, the mean FA value showed a significant increase after rTMS treatment in bilateral posterior limb of internal capsule (PLIC), primary motor area (M1), and supplementary motor area (SMA) in RT.

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